IdentifySession Function | Application Programming Reference | Teradata Vantage - IdentifySession - Teradata Vantage - Analytics Database

Application Programming Reference

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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2025-11-21
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Product Category
Teradata Vantageā„¢

Returns the name of the user, by session, who is causing a block.

Syntax

REPLACE FUNCTION SYSLIB.IdentifySession (
  HostId INTEGER,
  SessionNo INTEGER
) RETURNS VARCHAR(128) CHARACTER SET UNICODE
  ... 
;

Syntax Elements

HostId
ID of the blocking host.
SessionNo
Number of the session that is blocked.

Usage Notes

The IdentifySession function provides similar functionality to the PMPC IDENTIFY SESSION request. For information about this interface, see IDENTIFY.

Example: Using IdentifySession

SELECT IdentifySession(blk1Hostid,blk1sessno)
FROM TABLE (MonitorSession(-1,'*',0)) AS t1
WHERE Blk1UserId > 0;

Result:

 *** Query completed. One row found. One column returned.
 *** Total elapsed time was 1 second.
IdentifySession(Blk1HostId,Blk1SessNo)
--------------------------------------
USER1