ORA-00026: missing or invalid session ID

Question

I am receiving following error, while executing a procedure kill_session
EXEC kill_session('USERNAME');
4329 267 TARIQ_CORE
ORA-00026: missing or invalid session ID
create or replace
procedure kill_session (usr_2_kill in varchar2)
as
vsid    number(6);
vserial number(6);
begin
  for s_info in (select * from v$session where username=usr_2_kill)
  loop
     vsid    := s_info.sid;
     vserial := s_info.serial#;
     dbms_output.put_line(vsid||'  '||vserial||'  '||usr_2_kill);
     execute immediate 'alter system kill session(:v1,:v2) immediate' using vsid,vserial;
  end loop;
   EXCEPTION
      WHEN OTHERS
      THEN
         dbms_output.put_line(SQLERRM);
   END;

Answer 1

malhi wrote:
I am receiving following error, while executing a procedure kill_session
EXEC kill_session('USERNAME');
4329 267 TARIQ_CORE
ORA-00026: missing or invalid session ID
create or replace
procedure kill_session (usr_2_kill in varchar2)
as
vsid    number(6);
vserial number(6);
begin
for s_info in (select * from v$session where username=usr_2_kill)
loop
vsid    := s_info.sid;
vserial := s_info.serial#;
dbms_output.put_line(vsid||'  '||vserial||'  '||usr_2_kill);
execute immediate 'alter system kill session(:v1,:v2) immediate' using vsid,vserial;
end loop;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS
THEN
dbms_output.put_line(SQLERRM);
END;
Check your syntax ... it's wrong.
TUBBY_TUBBZ?alter system kill session (99,16840);
alter system kill session (99,16840)
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00026: missing or invalid session ID
Elapsed: 00:00:00.89
TUBBY_TUBBZ?alter system kill session '99,16840';
System altered.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.57
TUBBY_TUBBZ?