How to use orakill.exe? ----------------------------------- SQL> select sid, spid as thread, osuser, s.program 2 from sys.v_$process p, sys.v_$session s 3 where p.addr = s.paddr; SID THREAD OSUSER PROGRAM ---------- ------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------- 1 2084 SYSTEM ORACLE.EXE 2 1992 SYSTEM ORACLE.EXE 3 1812 SYSTEM ORACLE.EXE 4 660 SYSTEM ORACLE.EXE 5 1924 SYSTEM ORACLE.EXE 6 2068 SYSTEM ORACLE.EXE 7 428 SYSTEM ORACLE.EXE 8 1880 SYSTEM ORACLE.EXE 9 1884 sgenis-us\sgenis sqlplusw.exe 9 rows selected. Say the query from user scott is consuming lot resources and it can be killed by running orakill utility as follows. C:\>orakill 9 1884