ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel (DBD ERROR: OCIStmtExecute/Describe)

shijumic has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am getting a wierd oracle error from my perl script. I am new to perl, and I don't have any clue what causes this DBD error.
The following is my script

$done=0;

unless($pid = fork()) 
{#child
  #This is a simple query that constantly runs on table   like dual at
+ regular intervals

  print $ur->connect() while (!$done) and sleep 5 ;
}

 #calling other methods that loads data to database
 $obj->method1();
  
 $done=1;
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Both parent and child shares the same database handle..
It needs to be so to keep only one oracle session open and make it alive..
But after everything executed, I am getting an oracle error like the following..
ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel (DBD ERROR: OCIStmtExecute/Describe)
Any help will be greatly apreciated. Thanks

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Re: ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel (DBD ERROR: OCIStmtExecute/Describe) by almut (Canon) on Apr 20, 2009 at 21:33 UTC
Both parent and child shares the same database handle.. That presumably is your problem. See InactiveDestroy.	[reply]
Re^2: ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel (DBD ERROR: OCIStmtExecute/Describe) by a1helios (Initiate) on Jan 17, 2014 at 04:43 UTC
Thanks Guys. It did really help me. So Basically I have set "INACTIVE_DESTROY" => 1 and have reset my db connection for the child processes and now it is perfectly working.	[reply]
Re: ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel (DBD ERROR: OCIStmtExecute/Describe) by roboticus (Chancellor) on Apr 20, 2009 at 21:33 UTC
shijumic: I doubt that the DBI/DBD system is going to be happy sharing a connection to the database like that. Anyway, what I think you're seeing right now is that when your child process ends, it's closing the connection, making it unavailable to the parent any longer. ...roboticus	[reply]
Re^2: ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel (DBD ERROR: OCIStmtExecute/Describe) by Anonymous Monk on Apr 21, 2009 at 16:35 UTC
The probelm here is child doesn't exit after the parent dies..any idea how to kill the parent and child simultaneouisly.. ,some example would be greatly appreciated!! thanks	[reply]