did you look at the status column in v$session for the ones that don't match?
IIRC, there can be a status of "SNIPED" where the session is not actually connected but has not been cleaned up. curiosity -- why is a user looking at v$session? --- "Wiegand, Kurt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've got an 8.1.7.4.0 instance running under Solaris 2.8. > > I've never worked with MTS before, but got a call from a user telling > me that there > were about 700 rows in v$session but they only had about 130 sessions > open. > The user believes that when the session is ended, v$session doesn't > (or doesn't always) > get cleaned up. Does anyone have any insight into this? Thanks. > > I checked v$process and had about 89 rows, which matched exactly to > the 89 unix processes that I had on the box. > > I looked at paddr in v$session and saw that there were just over 100 > rows pointing to each of the 6 dispatchers. > The other rows each had their own dedicated process. > > I checked v$dispatcher and saw the 100+ values in the OWNED column, > but also saw values between 300 - 450 in > the CREATED column. > > I really don't know whether the application ends it's connections > gracefully or nongracefully. > > Kurt Wiegand Cable & Wireless Communications 703 292-2115 > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
