Re: Sqlnet 2.1 leaves session alive after user reboots resulting in record locking.

You wrote:
>
>gang,

 then set the 'expire_time' to
>a reasonable period in the _server's_ sqlnet.ora file.
>
>douglas

    You are right, the expire time was left at the default value by the installer. The value is 2147483647, which I assume is 2147.483647 years using Oracle's internal julian date, therefor infinity.

    What would be a reasonable value, and must it be in the julian date format? How would I specify just a few minutes? Can connections be dropped inadvertently if the value is too low?

    Thank you all for your quick responces.

                                                     Dave Shaw