It is Unix. The Unix process was still running this morning. I killed it from from the OS. Thanks for your help. On 10/15/08, Mercadante, Thomas F (LABOR) < Thomas.Mercadante@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Ram, > > > > Is this on Unix? Do you see a unix process # 19385 still active? This is > the spid value from your query. Kill -9 that process and see if this > session goes away. > > > > Tom > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Ram Raman > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 14, 2008 6:53 PM > *To:* Allen, Brandon > *Cc:* oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* Re: Long running roll back > > > > Thanks. > > > > When I saw it, it was a very long running Select. Could it be part of a > transaction that probably had updates before this select? That is what is > preventing me from killing it on the OS side. But then I dont see anything > on v$transaction. > > > > It is a third party application that I dont know much about. > > > > > > On 10/14/08, *Allen, Brandon* <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > If there is nothing in v$transaction, then why do you suspect rollback is > taking place? > > > > Was it just a SELECT statement, or was it DML? > > > > Why don't you just kill the CPU hog from the OS? > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message or > attachments hereto. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not > consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions > and other information in this message that do not relate to the official > business of this company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed > by it. > > >