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title: "Discussion on \"ORA-01000 Maximum Open Cursors Exceeded: Don't Raise the Limit, Find the Leak\" | Hashnode"
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# [ORA-01000 Maximum Open Cursors Exceeded: Don't Raise the Limit, Find the Leak](https://uptimearchitect.hashnode.dev/ora-01000-maximum-open-cursors-exceeded-don-t-raise-the-limit-find-the-leak?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

ORA-01000 is a per-session cursor leak, not a low limit. Find the session and the statement, skip the cached-cursor trap, and see why a raise fails.

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