Thanks everyone. This is very valuable advice that I don't think I could have found anywhere but this list, certainly not in the allowed time frame. Dennis Williams On 6/13/05, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Dennis, >=20 > My highly unscientific testing ( 1 test, 8i -> 9i ) shows that > the session in the remote DB remains logged on during a=20 > transactions, but the status is 'INACTIVE'. >=20 > Jared >=20 >=20 > On 6/13/05, Dennis Williams <oracledba.williams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >=20 > > List > > If a user logs into database A and executes a query against database B > > over a database link, then signs out, will database B show an active > > session for some period of time afterward? Your thoughts appreciated.= =20 > >=20 > > Dennis Williams > > -- > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Jared Still > Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist=20 >=20 > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l