Lists all the attributes of all the contexts in the current session. list_appcontext is a built-in function provided by the Application Context Facility (ACF). For more information on ACF see "Row Level Access Control" in the System Administration Guide.
list_appcontext (["context_name"])
is an optional argument that names all the application context attributes in the session.
This example shows the results when a user without appropriate permissions attempts to list the application contexts.
select list_appcontext ([context_name])
Context Name: (CONTEXT1) Attribute Name: (ATTR1) Value: (VALUE2) Context Name: (CONTEXT2) Attribute Name: (ATTR1) Value: (VALUE1)
select list_appcontext()
Select permission denied on built-in list_appcontext, database DBID -------- -1
This function returns 0 for success.
Since built-in functions do not return multiple result sets, the client application receives list_appcontext returns as messages.
SQL92 – Compliance level: Transact-SQL extension
Permissions depend on the user profile and the application profile, and are stored by ACF.
Functions get_appcontext, list_appcontext, rm_appcontext, set_appcontext
