Shutdown the listener and forms services ;-) -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marquez, Chris Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 7:19 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Slow Database Shutdown Time I convinced that my slow "shutdown" time is directly related to the number of connected or live connections (ACTIVE *or* INACTIVE) to the database at the time of shutdown. I can see the correlation to when it "high water mark" is HIGH it takes a long time to shutdown, but when the "high water mark" is LOW, shutdown is quick. In any Oracle database disconnecting hundreds a valid connections takes time...I know this is rather normal. Anyone know of any other Oracle (network) method or parameter to disconnect sessions faster? Thanks, Chris Marquez Oracle DBA -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l