Depending on how you want to see SID. If you want to see the SID name then do
SELECT instance FROM v$thread; Also a little cleaner method then below IMHO SELECT sid FROM v$mystat WHERE rownum=1; Rick "Mark Leith" <mark@cool-to To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ols.co.uk> cc: Sent by: Subject: RE: V_$SESSION question root@fatcity. com 02/12/2002 06:08 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L A quick and easy way, though there may be better or even easier ways that the list will no doubt tell us about.. select distinct sid from v$mystat; HTH Mark -----Original Message----- Ghadge,Sameer Sent: 12 February 2002 09:53 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi, my problem is as follows: I want do determine the machine name (and other info) from pl/sql,of the client from which i have logged in e.g. suppose i have logged from machine 'power_machine' as user 'puser' my pl/sql has info. that the current user 'puser' How do i retrive my sid for this session, which is in V_$SESSION. so basically i want the SID of the current session Thx Sameer -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Ghadge,Sameer INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Mark Leith INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (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).