Doesn't seem to work on 10.2 on Windows 2003 either :) Supposedly EXPIRE_TIME=1 is supposed to work, but doesn't seem to. Chris Taylor Sr. Oracle DBA Ingram Barge Company Nashville, TN 37205 Office: 615-517-3355 Cell: 615-354-4799 Email: chris.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ________________________________ From: Niall Litchfield [mailto:niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 12:18 PM To: Taylor, Chris David Cc: ORACLE-L Subject: Re: Oracle on Windows Server - a lil' help? SQLNET.EXPIRE_TIME didn't work on older versions of Oracle on windows - I think 9.2 fixed it, but it may have been 10.1. On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Taylor, Chris David <Chris.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Guys & Gals, I've got a situation where Oracle doesn't recognize disconnected apps on Windows 2003 server. Every time a machine reboots or power goes out, or users terminate an app, it leaves the session connected to the db, eating up our available processes (500). I've check the SQLNET.ORA EXPIRE_TIME parameter and that doesn't seem to resolve the issue. I think there are some TCP parameters on the db server itself that need to be adjusted? Has anyone run into this and successfully corrected it? Any good documents you would like to share? I think I have the Metalink document on tuning windows servers for Oracle databases...going to try to dig it back up. Thanks!! Chris Taylor Sr. Oracle DBA Ingram Barge Company Nashville, TN 37205 Office: 615-517-3355 Cell: 615-354-4799 Email: chris.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info