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"Rick Wessman" <Rick.Wessman_at_oracle.com> wrote in message
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> A memory leak occurs when a process requests memory from the operating
system
> for some use, but does not return the memory to the system when it is done
> with it. If this occurs repeatedly, the process will get so much memory
that
> other processes will not be able to get what they need.
>
> The only cure in most cases is to kill the offending process. The system
will
> regain the memory when it cleans up after it.
Mostly
-- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA Audit Commission UKReceived on Mon Mar 18 2002 - 16:27:46 CST