Friday, November 15, 2019

Get the client IP address from a session in oracle

Get the client IP address from a session in oracle .  There are two way to get IP


  •  SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV','IP_ADDRESS')
  •  UTL_INADDR.GET_HOST_ADDRESS


Query1 : using :  SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV','IP_ADDRESS')
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SELECT DECODE(TRUNC(SYSDATE - LOGON_TIME), 0, NULL, TRUNC(SYSDATE - LOGON_TIME) || ' Days' || ' + ') ||
TO_CHAR(TO_DATE(TRUNC(MOD(SYSDATE-LOGON_TIME,1) * 86400), 'SSSSS'), 'HH24:MI:SS') LOGON,
v$session.SID, v$session.SERIAL#, v$process.SPID spid, v$session.process CLPRID,
v$session.USERNAME, STATUS, OSUSER, MACHINE,
SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV','IP_ADDRESS') IP,
v$session.PROGRAM, MODULE, action, SQL_HASH_VALUE,
'alter system kill session ' || '''' || v$session.SID || ', ' || v$session.SERIAL# || '''' || ' immediate;' kill_sql
FROM v$session, v$process
WHERE v$session.paddr = v$process.addr
ORDER BY logon_time ASC;


Query2: using  UTL_INADDR.GET_HOST_ADDRESS (SUBSTR(machine,INSTR(machine,'')+1)) IP
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SELECT DECODE(TRUNC(SYSDATE - LOGON_TIME), 0, NULL, TRUNC(SYSDATE - LOGON_TIME) || ' Days' || ' + ') ||
TO_CHAR(TO_DATE(TRUNC(MOD(SYSDATE-LOGON_TIME,1) * 86400), 'SSSSS'), 'HH24:MI:SS') LOGON,
v$session.SID, v$session.SERIAL#, v$process.SPID spid, v$session.process CLPRID,
v$session.USERNAME, STATUS, OSUSER, MACHINE,
UTL_INADDR.GET_HOST_ADDRESS (SUBSTR(machine,INSTR(machine,'')+1)) IP,
v$session.PROGRAM, MODULE, action, SQL_HASH_VALUE,
'alter system kill session ' || '''' || v$session.SID || ', ' || v$session.SERIAL# || '''' || ' immediate;' kill_sql
FROM v$session, v$process
WHERE v$session.paddr = v$process.addr
ORDER BY logon_time ASC;

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