Comments inline: On 04/19/2005 12:53:20 PM, K Gopalakrishnan wrote: > There is a timeout for shutdown (I think starting from 9iR2) which > defaults to 60 minus. If the active calls (!) don't complete in that > time, the instance just updates the alertlog and doesn;t shutdown its > own. You need to shutdown abort. Gopal, this is very interesting, thanks for sharing! Why do I need to abort= ? Would=20 "immediate" help? Is it controllable? Can it be seen anywhere? >=20 > It is not documented btw :D >=20 > ___ > Best Regards, > K Gopalakrishnan=3D20 > Co-Author: Oracle Wait Interface, Oracle Press 2004 > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/007222729X/ > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l >=20 >=20 --=20 Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l