Workspace Login and VPD

Question

I have an application that implements VPD using a database package and the policies use application logins. If I login to the workspace (as ADMIN) and use the SQL browser, then I fire the policy with the username ADMIN which is not an application user and the SQL fails
Is there any way to use the SQL workshop and pass a username through to the VPD?

Answer 1

Can you explain this in a little more detail? You can base your VPD Policy upon the user that is executing the SQL like the sample below...
Here is a sample I have tested... Not sure if this is what your looking for..
create or replace function
vpd_user
-- Function must have the following parameters
(schema in varchar2, tab in varchar2)
-- Function will return a string that is used as a WHERE clause
return varchar2
as
v_user varchar2(100);
out_string varchar2(4000) default null;
begin
-- get session user
v_user := UPPER(nvl(v('APP_USER'),USER));
-- create where clause when user is authorized to see parts of the table
if (v_user = 'SOME_USER') then
out_string := out_string || 'the where criteria you want to append to a user's query...';
end if;
return out_string;
end;