Re: Alternative SQL command to Dead Connection Detection ?

miam wrote:

> Hello
>
> From my administration program connected to an Oracle database, I want to
> probe another session, to know if it is dead or not at this time, but
> without enabling the SQL*Net's Dead Connection Detection.
>
> Does any SQL command exist to do that ?
> For example, something like "ALTER SYSTEM ..."
>
> I didn't find this in the documentation, and I'm afraid it couldn't exist...
>
> Thanks...

Could STATUS from v$session possibly do what you want?

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