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Should Sessions be Killed in OS or Using Alter System Kill Session? (Doc ID 161794.1)

Last updated on DECEMBER 10, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 8.1.7.0 to 11.2.0.2 [Release 8.1.7 to 11.2]
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

 Should Sessions be killed in OS or using alter system Kill Session?

Solution

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