Denham, Use orakill to kill the NT thread. Tha might kill it quicker than you think. Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -----Original Message----- From: Denham Eva [mailto:EVAD@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 2:05 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Oracle 7.3.4 problem... SLOW Drop user Jared / Everyone Many Thanks for the input. One quick question, the situation makes me nervous. Can I kill the drop session? Will the user still be there? Regards Denham -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared.Still@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 7:12 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Oracle 7.3.4 problem... SLOW Drop user > Hello Folks, >=20 >=20 > We have a legacy system on Oracle 7.3.4 on NT.=20 >=20 > I am dropping the user with cascade, but it is extremely slow??? Tends to be that way on v7. > Can anyone tell me why? Can I stop it and restart it for beter > performance? Recursive SQL, specifically, transferring sys.uet$ to sys.fet$. >=20 > I am doing the drop from a client machine, could this be the problem? >=20 No. > Any help would be appreciated! >=20 Drop all the users tables individually. eg. set echo off term off pagesize 0 linesize 200 define dropuser=3D'USERNAME' select 'drop table &&dropuser.' || table_name || ' cascade constraints;' from dba_tables where owner=3Dupper('&&dropuser') / use the resulting generated SQL to drop the users tables, then drop the user. Jared ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------