RE: v$session doubt

Include the PROGRAM column to see that the first 6 entries are the db processes' sessions...

09:14:37 SQL> select SID, SERIAL#, STATUS, PROGRAM from v$session;

       SID SERIAL# STATUS PROGRAM
---------- ---------- -------- ---------------------------------------------
---

         1          1 ACTIVE   oracle_at_yogi (PMON)
         2          1 ACTIVE   oracle_at_yogi (DBWR)
         3          1 ACTIVE   oracle_at_yogi (ARCH)
         4          1 ACTIVE   oracle_at_yogi (LGWR)
         5          1 ACTIVE   oracle_at_yogi (CKPT)
         6          1 ACTIVE   oracle_at_yogi (SMON)
         8          9 INACTIVE runform45_at_yogi (TNS interface)
        10          4 ACTIVE      ?  @yogi (TNS V1-V2)
        11         27 INACTIVE runform45_at_yogi (TNS interface)
        12         14 INACTIVE runform45_at_yogi (TNS interface)
        13         11 INACTIVE runform45_at_yogi (TNS interface)
        14         43 INACTIVE F45RUN32.EXE
        17          4 ACTIVE   sqlplus_at_yogi (TNS V1-V2)

13 rows selected.

Elapsed: 00:00:00.04

John W Grover                                   Lake Michigan College
                http://www.lmc.cc.mi.us/~grover
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