SQL> drop user manju cascade;
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ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01940: cannot drop a user that is currently connected
Solution of The Problem:
Find out the connected user sid and serial# by,
Before killing session you may wish to lock the account for further connection attempts. This is extremely necessary to drop a user who automatically establish session like to drop an application user or to drop a user who perform batch jobs.
SQL> Alter user manju account lock;
Now kill the connected session.
SQL> alter system kill session '268,1268';
System altered.
SQL> alter system kill session '315,1223';
System altered.
And then drop the user.
SQL> drop user manju cascade;
User dropped.
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ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01940: cannot drop a user that is currently connected
Solution of The Problem:
Find out the connected user sid and serial# by,
SQL> select sid, serial# from v$session where username = 'manju';
SID SERIAL#
---------- ----------
268 1268
315 1223
Before killing session you may wish to lock the account for further connection attempts. This is extremely necessary to drop a user who automatically establish session like to drop an application user or to drop a user who perform batch jobs.
SQL> Alter user manju account lock;
Now kill the connected session.
SQL> alter system kill session '268,1268';
System altered.
SQL> alter system kill session '315,1223';
System altered.
And then drop the user.
SQL> drop user manju cascade;
User dropped.