Re: Is there a way/hack to allow the query only to run for specified duration in Oracle and kill it.

Thank you for all valuable suggestions..I willlook into rm and job suggestions

On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 2:02 PM Andy Sayer <andysayer_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> What undocumented parameters are you planning on brute forcing until
> something works?
>
> Why do you need to use this strict remote DB to test it? Surely there is a
> less important test database that you can test on.
>
> I suggest you just have some victim/DBA (that does have the right access)
> to watch over your session as it runs and kill it manually if needs be.
>
> Regards,
> Andy
>
> On Wed, 1 May 2019 at 18:54, <post.ethan_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am going to assume you have very limited access to this database and
>> likely ability to implement some of the other solutions.
>>
>>
>>
>> Using a scheduled job is going to be your best bet. Something akin to
>> this…
>>
>>
>>
>> -- anonymous PL/SQL block (not real code)
>>
>> begin
>>
>> get current session id and schedule job to run in one minute to kill
>> this session using dbms package or alter statement.
>>
>> end;
>>
>> /
>>
>>
>>
>> Your SQL here…
>>
>>
>>
>> The problem is your user will likely require some explicit grants on
>> alter or dbms package to work.
>>
>>
>>
>> The other idea would be to set up a job that monitors for the specific
>> SQL and automatically kills it after it has been running one minute. Or
>> perhaps you can submit two .sqls, one to run the SQL and the other to find
>> the session and kill it after 1 minute of sleep (dbms_lock).
>>
>>
>>
>> It is really best when you kill sessions to make sure it is killed both
>> on the DB and on the OS. Ideally someone with a lot more access could set
>> this up for you.
>>
>>
>>
>> Ethan
>>
>> notaframework.com
>>
>> _at_poststop
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>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org <oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org> *On
>> Behalf Of *kunwar singh
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 1, 2019 10:46 AM
>> *To:* ORACLE-L <oracle-l_at_freelists.org>
>> *Subject:* Is there a way/hack to allow the query only to run for
>> specified duration in Oracle and kill it.
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Listers,
>>
>> Small question.
>>
>>
>>
>> I currently working on a remote database in which i can only pass a query
>> through a tool and i want to kill it after letting it run only for 1
>> minute
>>
>> The reason for this is i have to try different underscore parameters at
>> session to check if the issue is fixed or not.
>>
>>
>>
>> I am looking for any solution which is completely in a single sql . What
>> i pass to the tool is a .sql file , thats all.
>>
>> If you have a simple solution in shell then i will try that one as well.
>> Meaning i can run a shell command like this:
>>
>> !hostname
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> The query that i want to run is a big select sql , which unfortunately i
>> cannot paste here.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Kunwar
>>
> --
Cheers,
Kunwar

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