> Jared / Everyone > > Many Thanks for the input. > One quick question, the situation makes me nervous. Can I kill the drop > session? Will the user still be there? > Yes, it may take awhile for oracle to recognize the break, as it will be busy dropping a segment. The user will still be there, minus some tables and whatnot. I don't know what the internal procedures are in 7x for dropping a user, other than what Cary just told us about. I do know that it was not unusual for a drop user to cause an ORA-36, which is essentially 'recursion too deep'. Jared ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------