Check if some other process is using dbms_pipe; I have seen that interfere with drop user command. HTH GovindanK On Sun, 9 Oct 2005 23:23:09 -0700 (PDT), "raja rao" <raja4list@xxxxxxxxx> said: > > Hi All, > > db: 9i > os: solaris 9 > > Can some one help me in dropping a user. > > Its taking 5 hrs to drop the user. > It has got several FK relation with other schema objects. > > We are using "drop user obt cascade;" > > > Is there any fastest way to drop the user. > > Thanks in advance > Raj -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l