Run os commands with sql

Question

dear all,
is it possible to run os commands with sql commands as follows :
SQL> ALTER system kill session '1764,60569'; ! kill -9 12151
2 /
ALTER system kill session '1764,60569'; ! kill -9 12151
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00911: invalid character
kai
os version : solaris 5.10.. db : 10.2.0.4.0

Answer 1

Kais,
What exact error are you getting running this script and what's OS (is it linux RH?? If you can post errors on running this script, that will be helpful. I tested on both cygwin (my desktop) and liunx box but you can change as needed) and to kill process from script you can use
echo `kill -9 pid`
Hope this helps
#!/bin/bash
typeset username=$1
function readSqlstmt {
typeset stmt=$1
echo "
set feedback off
set verify off
set heading off
set pagesize 0
whenever sqlerror exit 1
whenever oserror exit 2
$stmt;
exit
" | sqlplus -S '/as sysdba >> test.log
function killpid {
killpidsql=killpid.sql
sqlplus -s '/as sysdba' << ENDOFSQL >> test.log
whenever sqlerror exit 1
whenever oserror exit 2
SET pagesize 0
SET verify off
SET feedback off
SPOOL ${killpidsql}
SELECT 'ALTER system kill session ''' || s.sid || ',' || s.serial# || ''';'
FROM v\$session s, v\$process p
WHERE s.paddr = p.addr AND s.status = 'INACTIVE';
SPOOL OFF
@${killpidsql}
ENDOFSQL
killpid
readSqlstmt "SELECT p.spid FROM v\$session s, v\$process p WHERE s.paddr = p.addr AND s.status = 'INACTIVE'" | while read u
do
     #echo "kill -9" $u >> test.log
     echo "Killing inactive oracle process..."
echo `kill -9 $u`
done