Oracle-L: RE: sid/serial# vs. audsid: why both?

From: John Kanagaraj <john.kanagaraj_at_hds.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 14:59:27 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005D230D.20031006145927@fatcity.com>

Jacques,

>In what cases does the SERIAL# need to be used? Can someone give an example
where a session-level command would be
>applied to an incorrect session object if SERIAL# were not available?

For backward compatibility reasons :) Looks like AUDSID wasn't generated 7.2 and prior unless AUDIT_TRAIL was TRUE (even if you don't use auditing). A lot of scripts use SERIAL# and the ALTER SYSTEM KILL SESSION uses the serial#, which should always be available.

>Why not use AUDSID all the time? Is there a reason why the database keeps
track of two session identifying numbers?

AUDSID is 0 if connecting as internal. Notes 123128.1 and 122230.1 may help!

John Kanagaraj
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