Thanks Paul. It is HP-UX 11i. Oracle is 10.202. I used the 'Alter system kill session' command from SQL PLus. orakill.exe? Is it for Windows? On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Paul Drake <bdbafh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Ram Raman <veeeraman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Listers, >> >> When I kill a session and the status shows as "KILLED" in v$session, I >> assumed that the rollback is taking place. I am not sure what is happening >> here: >> >> >> SYS@PROD> select sid,saddr, serial#, client_info, >> to_char(logon_time,'DD-MON-YY HH:MIam'), status >> 2 from v$session >> 3 where client_info like '%USER%' >> >> SYS@PROD> / >> >> more.. >> SID SADDR SERIAL# CLIENT_INFO >> ---------- ---------------- ---------- >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> TO_CHAR(LOGON_TIME,'DD-MON-YY >> STATUS >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -------- >> 942 C0000000B99775F8 30069 USER,USER,A147946,,psqed.exe, >> 29-JAN-09 >> 02:48pm KILLED >> >> 1013 C0000000BC9B5C58 4411 USER,USER,A147946,,PSIDE.EXE, >> 29-JAN-09 >> 03:19pm KILLED >> >> >> SYS@PROD> >> SYS@PROD> >> SYS@PROD> select addr, START_TIME, SES_ADDR , USED_UBLK, USED_UREC >> 2 from v$transaction >> 3 where ses_addr in ('C0000000B99775F8','C0000000BC9B5C58'); >> >> no rows selected >> >> SYS@PROD> select count(*) from v$transaction >> 2 >> SYS@PROD> / >> more.. >> >> COUNT(*) >> ---------- >> 0 >> >> SYS@PROD> >> >> Thanks. >> > > Ram, > > Perhaps you're awaiting PMON to come along and pronounce: > "Bring out your dead!" > > Might this be running on a Microsoft operating system? > > What method are you using to mark the sessions as killed? > (e.g. 'ALTER SYSTEM KILL SESSION ...') > > The supplied utility orakill.exe might be a better way to go. > > Hth. > > Paul > >