The circumstances is to prevent someone from logging in for a specific module. Jay Miller Sr. Oracle DBA 201.369.8355 ________________________________ From: sol beach [mailto:sol.beach@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 6:16 PM To: roman.podshivalov@xxxxxxxxx Cc: Miller, Jay; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Disconnecting session from an on logon trigger see this thread http://www.orafaq.com/forum/m/270601/74940/?srch=logon+trigger#msg_27060 1 Exactly what are the "certain circumstances"? I suspect the desired solution is a case where it is the wrong tool for this job On 10/12/07, Roman Podshivalov <roman.podshivalov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: What about just locking the user if conditions are met ? --romas On 10/12/07, Jay.Miller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <Jay.Miller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote: I'd like to create an on logon trigger that will prevent the user from connecting in certain circumstances. I have one way of doing it which would be to issue execute immediate ' alter system kill session 'session_id', 'serial#'' but I can't help but wonder if there's a cleaner way to do it from within oracle instead of killing the session? Oracle 9.2.0.7 <http://9.2.0.7/> Thanks, Jay Miller