IP of client in Application Server

Question

Dear All,
FUNCTION RETURN_IP_ADDRESS
     RETURN VARCHAR2
     IS
          IP_ADDRESS_V VARCHAR2(15);
     BEGIN
     SELECT      SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV','IP_ADDRESS')
          INTO          IP_ADDRESS_V
          FROM           DUAL;
          RETURN(IP_ADDRESS_V);
     END;
in client server environment this function returns me the IP of client
but in 3tier mode it returns the IP of application server but i need IP of client.
any help will be appreciated

Answer 1

thanks for the reply but sorry i did not understand how to use it
what changes should i made in my function to get the ip of client
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION RETURN_IP_ADDRESS
RETURN VARCHAR2
IS
IP_ADDRESS_V VARCHAR2(15);
BEGIN
SELECT   SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV','IP_ADDRESS')
INTO    IP_ADDRESS_V
FROM     DUAL;
RETURN(IP_ADDRESS_V);
END;
Thanks