How about using 'alter session close database link' hth connor --- arul.kumar@xxxxxx wrote: > Hi DBAs, > My system makes huge number of calls to remote databases through db links. > The sessions made > through the db links are open at the remote databases for a long time. > Though, Oracle could > clean up the INACTIVE sessions, it "considers" the sessions as INACTIVE only > after approximately > 4 - 5 hours which sounds like too much time for us. > ===== Connor McDonald Co-author: "Mastering Oracle PL/SQL - Practical Solutions" ISBN: 1590592174 web: http://www.oracledba.co.uk web: http://www.oaktable.net email: connor_mcdonald@xxxxxxxxx Coming Soon! "Oracle Insight - Tales of the OakTable" "GIVE a man a fish and he will eat for a day. But TEACH him how to fish, and...he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day" ------------------------------------------------------------ ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l