Oracle in a Nutshell

Name

CREATE/DROP CONTEXT

Synopsis

CREATE Syntax:

CREATE [OR REPLACE] CONTEXT namespace USING [schema .] package
[INITIALIZED {EXTERNALLY | GLOBALLY } | ACCESSED GLOBALLY ]

DROP Syntax:

  DROP CONTEXT namespace

Creates or drops a namespace for a context. New with Oracle8i.

Keywords

OR REPLACE

Specifies that an existing context namespace is to be replaced

namespace

Name of the context namespace to be created.

package

Name of the PL/SQL package that sets the context attributes.

INITIALIZED

Specifies that an entity other than Oracle can initialize the context namespace.

EXTERNALLY

Specifies that the namespace can be initialized using an OCI interface when establishing a session.

GLOBALLY

Specifies that the namespace can be initialized by the LDAP directory when a global user connects to the database.

ACCESSED GLOBALLY

Specifies that any application context set in the namespace is accessible throughout the entire instance. This setting lets multiple sessions share application attributes.

Common keywords and clauses: schema.