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Cursors Remain Open (in V$OPEN_CURSOR View) after being Closed (Doc ID 1020427.102)

Last updated on JANUARY 30, 2022

Applies to:

PL/SQL - Version 9.2.0.8 and later
Generic UNIX

Symptoms

You are executing a PL/SQL program running against an Oracle 9.2 server(or higher). Your program contains an explicit cursor LOOP, within which a cursor OPEN and a cursor CLOSE statement are performed. The CLOSE cursor is performed at the end of each iteration. When the program completes, however, you select against the V$OPEN_CURSOR view and see that the cursors are still 'OPEN'.

How can this happen when an explicit cursor CLOSE has been called? Can this lead to performance problems, especially if you exceed the maximum number of open cursors for your session?

Cause

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