Purging a SQL Cursor in 10g

Hello all,
Having issues to purge SQL Cursor in a 10g database?

DBMS_SHARED_POOL.PURGE is available from 10.2.0.4 on, but according to “DBMS_SHARED_POOL.PURGE Is Not Working On 10.2.0.4 (Doc ID 751876.1)”, it is event-protected.
This means you need to set event 5614566 to be able to use the purge.

Example:

sys@PRODB10> select count(*) from v$sqlarea where sql_id='gbaq7x7myqxjw';

  COUNT(*)
----------
         1

sys@PRODB10> exec dbms_shared_pool.purge('00000003B0898118,1807156054','C')

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.


sys@PRODB10> select count(*) from v$sqlarea where sql_id='gbaq7x7myqxjw';

  COUNT(*)
----------
         1

sys@PRODB10> alter session set events '5614566 trace name context forever';

Session altered.

sys@PRODB10> exec dbms_shared_pool.purge('00000003B0898118,1807156054','C')

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

sys@PRODB10> select count(*) from v$sqlarea where sql_id='gbaq7x7myqxjw';

  COUNT(*)
----------
         0