Return-Path: Received: from ensim.rackshack.net (root@localhost) by orafaq.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id hABK5Wj01950 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 14:05:32 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 66.27.56.213 Received: from www2.fatcity.com (rrcs-west-66-27-56-213.biz.rr.com [66.27.56.213]) by ensim.rackshack.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id hABK5Vc01945 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 14:05:31 -0600 Received: (from root@localhost) by www2.fatcity.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id hABHBWI22158 for oracle-l@orafaq.net; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 09:11:32 -0800 Received: by fatcity.com (05-Jun-2003/v1.0g-b73/bab) via fatcity.com id 005D6560; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 09:14:32 -0800 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 09:14:32 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L X-Comment: Oracle RDBMS Community Forum X-Sender: Chris Stephens Sender: ml-errors@fatcity.com Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com Errors-To: ML-ERRORS@fatcity.com From: Chris Stephens Subject: SQL comparison question... Organization: Fat City Network Services, San Diego, California X-ListServer: v1.0g, build 73; ListGuru (c) 1996-2003 Bruce A. Bergman Precedence: bulk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This is part of a row-level security implementation: For some reason the following comparison works but currently it isn't: 1 SELECT count(*) 2 FROM global.client_dim a 3* WHERE sys_context('userenv','session_user') = trim(a.REPORTS_LOGIN) SQL> / COUNT(*) ---------- 0 SQL> select sys_context('userenv','session_user') from dual; SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV','SESSION_USER') ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- REPORTS_DELTA SQL> select reports_login 2 from global.client_dim 3 where reports_login='REPORTS_DELTA'; REPORTS_LOGIN ------------------------------ REPORTS_DELTA I thought maybe it was due to hidden characters so I tried: SQL> select '|'||sys_context('userenv','session_user')||'|' from dual; '|'||SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV','SESSION_USER')||'|' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- |REPORTS_DELTA| SQL> select '|'||reports_login||'|' 2 from global.client_dim 3 where reports_login='REPORTS_DELTA'; '|'||REPORTS_LOGIN||'|' -------------------------------- |REPORTS_DELTA| ...that doesn't appear to be it. any ideas? Thanks for any help! Chris -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Chris Stephens INET: ChrisStephens@affina.com Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).