4.173 DBA_CONTEXT

DBA_CONTEXT provides all context namespace information in the database.

Related View

ALL_CONTEXTdescribes all context namespaces in the current session for which attributes and values have been specified using the DBMS_SESSION.SET_CONTEXT procedure. This view does not describe the TYPE and ORIGIN_CON_ID columns.

Column Datatype NULL Description

NAMESPACE

VARCHAR2(128)

NOT NULL

Name of the context namespace

SCHEMA

VARCHAR2(128)

NOT NULL

Schema name of the designated package that can set attributes using this namespace

PACKAGE

VARCHAR2(128)

NOT NULL

Package name of the designated package that can set attributes using this namespace

TYPE

VARCHAR2(22)

Type of the context create

ORIGIN_CON_ID

NUMBER

The ID of the container where the data originates. Possible values include:

  • 0: This value is used for rows in non-CDBs. This value is not used for CDBs.

  • n: This value is used for rows containing data that originate in the container with container ID n (n = 1 if the row originates in root)