OBIEE 11g Repository Question: session context

The Metadata Repository Builder's Guide says in chapter 13, "Note: Alternatively, you can use the database session context to pass end user identity to the database. Use a connection pool script to set up session context. Note that this approach does not rely on database authentication."
However, no example or instruction is given to show/explain how to do that. Does anyone know how to set up a connection pool script to pass the :USER value to the database session context object? We have to pass the user ID of the Analytics user to the database so as to apply VPD policies.
Thanks,
Ken

I'm trying also to get work VPD with OBIEE 11.1.1.5, but no luck. I have done almost all the same as are in Venkatakrishnan's example. It seems that select statement with set function in "execute befire query" goes to the database, but it have no effort because query in Answers returns no rows, means that :USER is not forwarded to the policy function. Is it possible that statement in "execute before query" and Answer request are not in same database session? Have anyone got work VPD with OBIEE 11.1.1.5? Everything works ok for example in SQLPlus and in SQL Developer.
- Risto
Edited by: risto.soikkeli on 6.8.2011 17:56
Edited by: risto.soikkeli on 6.8.2011 23:04

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