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July 1, 2008

Delete a connected user on Oracle

Filed under: Database, Oracle — itbdc @ 3:30 pm

drop user GOAWAY cascade;
return “cannot drop a user that is currently connected”

2 solutions :

  • List the session of your user :
    select username, sid, serial# from v$session where lower(username)='GOAWAY';
    alter system kill session '143, 148';
  • Restart your instance :
    startup force restrict

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