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Oracle® Database SQL Language Reference
11g Release 2 (11.2)

Part Number E10592-02
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DROP CONTEXT

Purpose

Use the DROP CONTEXT statement to remove a context namespace from the database.

Removing a context namespace does not invalidate any context under that namespace that has been set for a user session. However, the context will be invalid when the user next attempts to set that context.

See Also:

CREATE CONTEXT and Oracle Database Security Guide for more information on contexts

Prerequisites

You must have the DROP ANY CONTEXT system privilege.

Syntax

drop_context::=

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Semantics

namespace

Specify the name of the context namespace to drop. You cannot drop the built-in namespace USERENV.

See Also:

SYS_CONTEXT for information on the USERENV namespace

Example

Dropping an Application Context: Example The following statement drops the context created in CREATE CONTEXT:

DROP CONTEXT hr_context;