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Use the following steps to monitor open database sessions associated with Oracle ODBC connections: %BR%
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   1 Login to the machine which hosts your Oracle database.
   1 su to your Oracle user.
   1 execute your Oracle user's .profile.
   1 cd to ORACLE_ HOME/bin.
   1 Execute the following command: /sqplus /nolog
   1 Type: connect as sysdba
   1 Provide your Oracle DBA username and password.
   1 Execute the startup command if the instance is not running.
   1 Execute the following command: select count (*) from v$session where username is not null;