[PHP-DEV] PHP 4.0 Bug #3910: persistent connections persist even after a kill session has been done on them. From: guage <email protected>
Date: 03/23/00

From: guage <email protected>
Operating system: Linux - Redhat 6.1
PHP version: 4.0 Beta 4 Patch Level 1
PHP Bug Type: Oracle related
Bug description: persistent connections persist even after a kill session has been done on them.

In reading the source code in Beta 4.0 it states that OCILogoff doesn't do anything anymore. This is a problem because when a session is killed on the database side the connection remains for ever on the server and you receive ORA-0028 errors when ever you hit an httpd server which has that particular session. The only solution is to restart the httpd server.
To reproduce:
1. create a script which does an ociplogon and then executes a statement.
2. hit reload several times to increase the chance you will hit an httpd after you kill a session which has already established a connection to the database.
3. on the server type:
    select username,sid,serial# from v$session where username = '<username you connected with in ociplogon>';
4. do a:
   alter system kill session '<sid>,<serial#>';
   for each of the sessions.
5. hit reload on your browser. 

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