Hmmm. SQL> startup force restrict that should do it. ;) Jared On 4/21/06, Mathias Diehl <md@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi List, > > may I ask again for your support. > > I try to run automatic installer but fail with the message but can't drop > the user: > > > drop user OPENCMS cascade; > > -->"cannot drop a user that is currently connected" > > Now I googled and found: > > select username, sid, serial# from v$session where > lower(username)='OPENCMS'; > > What brought: > > USERNAME SID SERIAL# > ------------------------------ ---------- ---------- > OPENCMS 143 148 > OPENCMS 144 623 > OPENCMS 145 19 > OPENCMS 147 378 > OPENCMS 148 609 > OPENCMS 158 764 > > > > > alter system kill session '143, 148'; > > seem's to have no effect as the error persists.... any idea how to solve > that issue? > > Thanx in advance > > Mat > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist