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Thread: How to avoid ORA-01940: cannot drop a user that is currently connected?

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    How to avoid ORA-01940: cannot drop a user that is currently connected?

    Hi,

    I tried to drop a user, it has been used by application, I have used alter system kill session command to kill the connection, but these applications keep reconnecting to the user so I can't drop the user, is there a way to prevent future connections to the user?

    thanks

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    I haven't tried this on a connected user, so no assurances here..

    alter user xxxxxx revoke connect

    there may be some other roles that need revoking, but whether you can do this to a connected user, you'll have to find out.

    Let me know if it works.
    J

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    REVOKE "CONNECT" FROM offending_user; should do it.

    A more dramatic alternative might be...
    stop listener
    kill all offending user sessions
    drop the user
    start listener

    Last edited by PAVB; 09-24-2007 at 01:34 PM.
    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

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    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.

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