This is probably related to the protocol that your client uses to connect to the Oracle server. If you use Bequeth or Netware for instance, there really isn't an IP address to speak of.
-----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 4:58 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi Anne I tried this on 9iR1 oracle:jupiter> sqlplus system/manager SQL*Plus: Release 9.0.1.0.0 - Production on Wed Jun 25 20:45:54 2003 (c) Copyright 2001 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Connected to: Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.0.1.0.0 - Production With the Partitioning option JServer Release 9.0.1.0.0 - Production SQL> select sys_context('userenv','ip_address') ip,username,machine 2 from v$session 3 where sys_context('userenv','sessionid')=audsid; IP ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- USERNAME ------------------------------ MACHINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- SYSTEM jupiter SQL> connect system/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Connected. SQL> / IP ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- USERNAME ------------------------------ MACHINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- 172.16.240.11 SYSTEM jupiter SQL> It looks like you need to use the service name when connecting to get the IP Address. hth kind regards Pete >Basically, I have a trigger to capture the date, schema name and computer >name or IP address. However, I could not get the IP address or host name >out of Oracle. Can anyone help? > -- Pete Finnigan email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web site: http://www.petefinnigan.com - Oracle security audit specialists Book:Oracle security step-by-step Guide - see http://store.sans.org for details. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Rudy Zung INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).