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).
list_appcontext(["context_name"])
is an optional argument that names all the application context attributes in the session.
Shows the results when a user with 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)
Shows the results when a user without appropriate permissions attempts to list the application contexts:
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.
ANSI SQL – Compliance level: Transact-SQL extension
Permissions depend on the user profile and the application profile, and are stored by the ACF.
For more information on the ACF, see “Row-level access control” in Chapter 11, “Managing User Permissions” of the System Administration Guide.
Functions get_appcontext, list_appcontext, rm_appcontext, set_appcontext
