First method is to use ALTER SYSTEM KILL SESSION ALTER SYSTEM KILL SESSION 'SID, SERIAL#, Ībove command marks a session as terminated, roll back ongoing transactions, release all session locks, and partially recover session resources. SELECT s.inst_id, s.sid, s.serial#, p.spidįollowing methods use sid, serial#, inst_id from view V$SESSION.ġ.

GV$PROCESS – RAC databases to find spid.

V$PROCESS – non RAC databases to find spid.

To kill a session outside database scan following views to find dedicated server process identifier spid on OS level Guarantees that session-level commands are applied to the correct session objects if the session ends and another session begins with the same session ID Used to uniquely identify a session’s objects. GV$SESSION – used for RAC databases to find sid, serial#, inst_id.V$SESSION – used for non RAC databases to find sid, serial#.do it on OS level – kill dedicated server process for the databaseīefore you kill a session you need to scan following views to find sid, serial#, inst_id for the session.Generally there are two methods to kill a session in Oracle Database: Last edited by zam 01-29-2008 at 09:41 PM.This article describes in short how to kill a session in Oracle Database To use this statement, your instance must have the database open, and your session and the session to be terminated must be on the same instance unless you specify integer3.

You can find the instance ID by querying the GV$ tables. KILL SESSION 'integer1, integer2[, integer1, specify the value of the SID column.įor integer2, specify the value of the SERIAL# column.įor the optional integer3, specify the ID of the instance where the session to be killed exists. Issue the ALTER SYSTEM KILL SESSION and specify the session index number (SID) and serial number of a session that you identified with the GV$SESSION dynamic performance view. Query the value of the INST_ID column in the GV$SESSION dynamic performance view to identify which session to terminate

To terminate sessions, follow these steps: ORA-00030: User session ID does not exist. SQL> ALTER SYSTEM KILL SESSION '119, 35553' SQL> ALTER SYSTEM KILL SESSION '119, 35553, SYSTEM KILL SESSION '119, 35553, at line 1: I am trying to kill session on RAC 10g Oracle on the specific instanceĪnd for some reason it fails.

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