All these thoughts of people who don't know SQL writing SQL, returning results sets with six-figure cardinalities, ...quite arousing. Sounds like the opening chapter of an interesting story. :-) Giddy-up! Cary Millsap Method R Corporation http://method-r.com http://carymillsap.blogspot.com On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Upendra N <nupendra@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks for everyone who responded. > I'll enable sqlnet.expire_time, that should handle the dead connections. > > I checked out SQL Developer, it is a nice query tool but not intuitive > enough for some one who doesn't know SQL. > Right now in MS Access the business users drag/drop columns to build a > query, anything similar in nature would be easier for me to sell. > Am I just being paranoid or Access is capable of handling large queries > (upto ~200K records)? > > -Upendra > > > > > From: Freek.DHooge@xxxxxxxxx > > To: mark.powell2@xxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:40:48 +0200 > > Subject: RE: Tool recommendation > > > > > Hi, > > > > Another solution (depending if the session is really dead) could be to > enable dcd (dead client detection, sqlnet.expire_time) in de sqlnet.ora file > on de server. > > > > > http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/network.102/b14213/sqlnet.htm#sthref475 > > > > > > > > regards, > > > > Freek D'Hooge > > Uptime > > Oracle Database Administrator > > email: freek.dhooge@xxxxxxxxx > > tel +32(0)3 451 23 82 > > http://www.uptime.be > > disclaimer: www.uptime.be/disclaimer > > -- > > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Powell, Mark > > Sent: dinsdag 17 augustus 2010 16:09 > > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: RE: Tool recommendation > > > > Why not write a dead session detection script that looks for and clears > these sessions out and schedule it to run every X minutes? > > > > Or maybe create an on-demand script that is launched via a web > application or by the operators. > > -- > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > >