okay that sounds a lot like the connection got broken (PC turned off, sqlnet expire time, which I see you've set, etc) badly
being a "newbie" is the perfect time to ask. You can sound totally innocent ("I was just wondering how you have things set up here") --- "Wiegand, Kurt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, they are not "SNIPED"; I've worked with those before. > They are in fact all "INACTIVE". I suspect they are waiting on the > client for their next messages. As for your 2nd question: > I've got 7 users with the DBA role on this database! Why? > I'm too new here to ask. I view them as users/support personnel. > > Kurt > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 11:34 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > 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). > __________________________________ 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).