I meant single SYSDBA user opening multiple
connections to the same 'shutdown' DB. I understand
that such a thing can be prevented but its not in *my*
application's control. Its something I need to
"assume" does not happen, which makes the solution
unreliable.

Regards,
Suresh.K.V.

--- Helen Borrie <helebor@...> wrote: > At
04:37 PM 28/04/2004 +0100, you wrote:

> >Dear heLen,
> >
> >I tried this. But this allows multiple SYSDBA
> >connections to be established with the 'shutdown'
> DB.
> >Is there a more reliable approach than this?
>
> In an organisation where multiple users are SYSDBAs?
> No.
>
> /hb
>
>

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