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ORA-01000: Maximum Open Cursors Exceeded in Oracle - Complete Fix Guide


Error ORA-01000: Maximum Open Cursors Exceeded



Applies to:
            Oracle Database 11.2.0.4

Description:
We are facing the error “ora-01000: maximum open cursors exceeded” on our production database server. The error is related to cursor limit, open_cursors exceeding its default value.

Solution:
            To fix the issue we can either kill the inactive sessions which have open the large number of cursors or increase the value of open_cursors.

To check the open_cursors limit:


Execute the following query to list the top 10 sessions which are currently opening most cursors:
SQL> select * from(select sess.sid, stan.name, sess.value
from v$sesstat sess, v$statname stan
where sess.statistic# = stan.statistic#
and stan.name like ‘%opened cursors current%’
order by desc 3)
where rownum < 11;

Now we check the detail of above sessions open too many cursors:
SQL> select sid, serial#, event, seconds_in_wait, blocking_session, prev_sql_id
            from v$session where sid=&sid;

We can kill the session having inactive status by using the below command:
SQL> alter system kill session ‘sid,serial#’ immediate;

The other way to fix the problem to increase the value of open_cursors parameter as below:
SQL> alter system set open_cursors=1000 scope=both;


It’s working fine now.
           


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Rana Abdul Wahid is an Oracle Database Administrator (DBA) with expertise in Oracle RMAN recovery, Oracle EBS administration, backup and recovery, performance tuning, database cloning, and troubleshooting critical Oracle database issues.

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