libname ERROR: ORACLE disconnect error: ORA-02396: exceeded maximum idle time, please connect again.

Julie4435637 — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 18:57:08 GMT

I am working in SAS EG 5.1 using SAS 9.3. My project has several programs. At the start of some of the programs I clear the libname association because it may have been used in a previous submission. I then connect again because there is a timeout on our sessions.

I get the following error and would like to know how to address it. The statements following all run perfectly fine.

22 libname ora clear;

ERROR: ORACLE disconnect error: ORA-02396: exceeded maximum idle time, please connect again.

ERROR: Error in the LIBNAME statement.

23 libname ora ORACLE user="&ouser." orapw="&opassp." path="&opath_dw." schema="&ouser.";

NOTE: Libref ORA was successfully assigned as follows:

Engine: ORACLE

Physical Name: @tns:dwpr01-db

24 RUN;

Re: libname ERROR: ORACLE disconnect error: ORA-02396: exceeded maximum idle time, please connect ag

SASKiwi — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 19:09:38 GMT

Your previous ORA LIBNAME connection to Oracle has timed out because it has not been used within a time limit as defined in your Oracle database. Trying to clear a connection that has already dropped gives you the error.

The solution is to remove the LIBNAME CLEAR statement. There is no problem re-defining an Oracle LIBNAME even if it is still working.

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libname ERROR: ORACLE disconnect error: ORA-02396: exceeded maximum idle time, please connect again.

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