{"id":616,"date":"2014-02-19T11:58:18","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T14:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dbarj.com.br\/?p=616"},"modified":"2014-03-20T11:36:37","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T14:36:37","slug":"howto-get-current-session-container-oracle-12c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dbarj.com.br\/en\/2014\/02\/howto-get-current-session-container-oracle-12c\/","title":{"rendered":"Howto get current session container in Oracle 12c"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oracle 12c is now available and you have the ability to keep change your session current container.<\/p>\n<p>If your using SQLPlus, it&#8217;s easy to check using &#8220;show con_name&#8221;:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"oracledb\">[oracle@syslogfubddsne001 ~]$ sqlplus \/ as sysdba\r\n\r\nSQL*Plus: Release 12.1.0.1.0 Production on Wed Feb 19 11:42:19 2014\r\n\r\nCopyright (c) 1982, 2013, Oracle.  All rights reserved.\r\n\r\nConnected to:\r\nOracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.1.0 - 64bit Production\r\nWith the Partitioning, OLAP, Advanced Analytics and Real Application Testing options\r\n\r\nSQL&gt; show con_name\r\n\r\nCON_NAME\r\n------------------------------\r\nCDB$ROOT\r\nSQL&gt; ALTER SESSION SET CONTAINER = PDB$SEED;\r\n\r\nSession altered.\r\n\r\nSQL&gt; show con_name\r\n\r\nCON_NAME\r\n------------------------------\r\nPDB$SEED\r\nSQL&gt;<\/pre>\n<p>Although, if you are using another client, the best way is to check trough &#8220;SYS_CONTEXT&#8221; function, as &#8220;show con_name&#8221; may not work:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"oracledb\">Connected to Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.1.0 \r\nConnected as SYS\r\n\r\nSQL&gt; select SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV', 'CON_NAME') NAME FROM DUAL;\r\n\r\nNAME\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nCDB$ROOT\r\n\r\nSQL&gt; ALTER SESSION SET CONTAINER = PDB$SEED;\r\n\r\nSession altered\r\n\r\nSQL&gt; select SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV', 'CON_NAME') NAME FROM DUAL;\r\n\r\nNAME\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nPDB$SEED\r\n\r\nSQL&gt;<\/pre>\n<p>Note that you can also use &#8220;SYSCONTEXT(&#8216;USERENV&#8217;, &#8216;CON_ID&#8217;)&#8221; if your target is the container ID!<\/p>\n<b>Have you enjoyed? 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