Session context API package

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The wwctx_api session context API package provides the methods necessary to manage a session context for a specific authenticated user. This context is established when a user logs in to Oracle9iAS Portal. This topic presents method names and descriptions, and reference topics. Session context API (wwctx_api) topic names and descriptions Session context constants and system variables Presents the constants and system variable types and names in the session context package. Session context exceptions Presents exceptions that may be raised. CGI environment variables Presents functions that return various CGI environment variables that can be cached. get_user function Returns the user name of the current Oracle Portal user. get_company_name function Returns the company name associated with an Oracle Portal user. get_subscriber_id function Determines the subscriber ID of an Oracle Portal user. get_db_user function Returns the database user name for the current Oracle Portal authorized user. get_nls_language function Returns the NLS language used by the current Oracle Portal user. get_http_language function Returns the HTTP language used by the current Oracle Portal user. get_nls_territory function Returns the NLS territory used by the current Oracle Portal user. get_translation_language function Returns the translation language used by the current Oracle Portal user. get_user_id function Returns the user ID of the user currently logged in. get_ip_address function Returns the IP address of the current Oracle Portal user. is_logged_on function Returns a boolean indicator showing if the user is logged in. logged_on function Indicates whether the user is logged in, and returns a number instead of a Boolean value so the value returned can be used as a condition for creating a view. get_login_time function Returns the time that the current user logged in to Oracle Portal. get_product_schema function Returns the name of the schema in which Oracle Portal is installed. get_public_schema function Returns the name of the public schema. get_public_user function Returns the name of the current public user. get_sessionid function Returns the identifier for the current session established for the browser connection. get_sso_schema function Returns the Single Sign-On schema name. get_proxy_server function Returns the name of the proxy server. get_proxy_port function Retrieves the port number of the proxy server. get_product_version function Returns the version string for the installation of Oracle Portal on the current node. get_image_path function Returns the path to an image file. get_direct_doc_path function Returns the path to a file stored in the Oracle Portal repository. get_bidi_imagename function Returns the correct image for a particular user language. get_proc_path function Returns a fully qualified URL for a procedure, from a specified partial URL. get_flex_proc_path function Returns a fully qualified URL for flexible parameter passing from a specified partial URL. get_server_protocol function Returns the Web server's protocol: http or https. get_host function Returns the host server name and port. get_host_lowercase function Returns the host server name and port, in lowercase. get_sso_proc_path function Returns a fully qualified URL for the Single Sign-On Server, given a relative URL. get_sso_query_path function Returns the URL prefix to use for HTTP queries to the Single Sign-On Server. get_servlet_path function Returns a fully qualified URL to the Parallel Filter servlet. is_session_authenticated function Checks whether a session ID is a valid authenticated session. is_proxy_required function Checks whether a proxy is required for a given URL. get_last_updated function Returns the time that the current session was last updated. get_session_start_time function Returns the time that the current session started. is_in_login_server function Checks whether the current procedure is in the Single Sign-On Server. get_sso_product_version function Returns the version string for the SSO Server installation. set_context procedure Sets the context for the current browser session. clear_context procedure Clears the context information set by a previous call to the set_context function. is_context_set function Returns whether a session context is set for the current session. get_system_var_value Returns the value of an external system variable given its name. get_system_var_names Returns the set of external system variable names. validate_system_var_name Returns the set of external system variable names. get_cookie_domain function Validates a given system variable name.

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Context refers to those user-specific settings that are established when an Oracle Portal user logs in. The settings do not change during the session. Session refers to an uninterrupted connection between a browser and Oracle Portal, from initial access to log off or disconnect. The session is established as a public session upon initial access and becomes an authenticated session upon login.

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