Sabemos que la función “user” en oracle nos devuelve el usuario de oracle con el que se ha ejecutado ese script (en formato varchar2). Sin emabargo está función está deprecada en oracle 10g. Llamamos deprecado a una función cuyo uso se extinguirá en versiones futuras. En este caso se ha deprecado ya que la función SYS_CONTEXT es más potente y engloba a la función “user”.
Por tanto, con está función, se podrá obtener el usuario ejecutando lo siguiente:

select SYS_CONTEXT(’USERENV’, ‘SESSION_USER’) from dual;

También, se le pueden pasar distintos parámetros a la función SYS_CONTEXT para obtener otras cosas como si es un usuario interno o externo(IDENTIFICATION_TYPE), para saber el nombre del equipo (HOST), ip (IP_ADDRESS),etc.
Podéis encontrar un listado de los parámetros que puede recibir la función en el fichero adjunto sacado de los manuales de oracle.

funcion SYS_CONTEXT

Por cierto, aunque pueda parecer extraño, este objeto encriptado se puede compilar correctamente en la base de datos.

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Parameter

Return Value

ACTION

Identifies the position in the module (application name) and is set through the DBMS_APPLICATION_INFO package or OCI.

AUDITED_CURSORID

Returns the cursor ID of the SQL that triggered the audit. This parameter is not valid in a fine-grained auditing environment. If you specify it in such an environment, Oracle Database always returns NULL.

AUTHENTICATED_IDENTITY

Returns the identity used in authentication. In the list that follows, the type of user is followed by the value returned:

Kerberos-authenticated enterprise user: kerberos principal name

Kerberos-authenticated external user : kerberos principal name; same as the schema name

SSL-authenticated enterprise user: the DN in the user’s PKI certificate

SSL-authenticated external user: the DN in the user’s PKI certificate

Password-authenticated enterprise user: nickname; same as the login name

Password-authenticated database user: the database username; same as the schema name

OS-authenticated external user: the external operating system user name

Radius/DCE-authenticated external user: the schema name

Proxy with DN : Oracle Internet Directory DN of the client

Proxy with certificate: certificate DN of the client

Proxy with username: database user name if client is a local database user; nickname if client is an enterprise user.

SYSDBA/SYSOPER using Password File: login name

SYSDBA/SYSOPER using OS authentication: operating system user name

AUTHENTICATION_DATA

Data being used to authenticate the login user. For X.503 certificate authenticated sessions, this field returns the context of the certificate in HEX2 format.

Note: You can change the return value of the AUTHENTICATION_DATA attribute using the length parameter of the syntax. Values of up to 4000 are accepted. This is the only attribute of USERENV for which Oracle Database implements such a change.

AUTHENTICATION_METHOD

Returns the method of authentication. In the list that follows, the type of user is followed by the method returned:

Password-authenticated enterprise user, local database user, or SYSDBA/SYSOPER using Password File; proxy with username using password: PASSWORD

Kerberos-authenticated enterprise or external user: KERBEROS

SSL-authenticated enterprise or external user: SSL

Radius-authenticated external user: RADIUS

OS-authenticated external user or SYSDBA/SYSOPER: OS

DCE-authenticated external user: DCE

Proxy with certificate, DN, or username without using password: NONE

You can use IDENTIFICATION_TYPE to distinguish between external and enterprise users when the authentication method is Password, Kerberos, or SSL.

BG_JOB_ID

Job ID of the current session if it was established by an Oracle Database background process. Null if the session was not established by a background process.

CLIENT_IDENTIFIER

Returns an identifier that is set by the application through the DBMS_SESSION.SET_IDENTIFIER procedure, the OCI attribute OCI_ATTR_CLIENT_IDENTIFIER, or the Java class Oracle.jdbc.OracleConnection.setClientIdentifier. This attribute is used by various database components to identify lightweight application users who authenticate as the same database user.

CLIENT_INFO

Returns up to 64 bytes of user session information that can be stored by an application using the DBMS_APPLICATION_INFO package.

CURRENT_BIND

The bind variables for fine-grained auditing.

CURRENT_SCHEMA

Name of the default schema being used in the current schema. This value can be changed during the session with an ALTER SESSION SET CURRENT_SCHEMA statement.

CURRENT_SCHEMAID

Identifier of the default schema being used in the current session.

CURRENT_SQL

CURRENT_SQLn

CURRENT_SQL returns the first 4K bytes of the current SQL that triggered the fine-grained auditing event. The CURRENT_SQLn attributes return subsequent 4K-byte increments, where n can be an integer from 1 to 7, inclusive. CURRENT_SQL1 returns bytes 4K to 8K; CURRENT_SQL2 returns bytes 8K to 12K, and so forth. You can specify these attributes only inside the event handler for the fine-grained auditing feature.

CURRENT_SQL_LENGTH

The length of the current SQL statement that triggers fine-grained audit or row-level security (RLS) policy functions or event handlers. Valid only inside the function or event handler.

DB_DOMAIN

Domain of the database as specified in the DB_DOMAIN initialization parameter.

DB_NAME

Name of the database as specified in the DB_NAME initialization parameter.

DB_UNIQUE_NAME

Name of the database as specified in the DB_UNIQUE_NAME initialization parameter.

ENTRYID

The current audit entry number. The audit entryid sequence is shared between fine-grained audit records and regular audit records. You cannot use this attribute in distributed SQL statements. The correct auditing entry identifier can be seen only through an audit handler for standard or fine-grained audit.

ENTERPRISE_IDENTITY

Returns the user’s enterprise-wide identity:

For enterprise users: the Oracle Internet Directory DN.

For external users: the external identity (Kerberos principal name, Radius and DCE schema names, OS user name, Certificate DN).

For local users and SYSDBA/SYSOPER logins: NULL.

The value of the attribute differs by proxy method:

For a proxy with DN: the Oracle Internet Directory DN of the client

For a proxy with certificate: the certificate DN of the client for external users; the Oracle Internet Directory DN for global users

For a proxy with username: the Oracle Internet Directory DN if the client is an enterprise users; NULL if the client is a local database user.

FG_JOB_ID

Job ID of the current session if it was established by a client foreground process. Null if the session was not established by a foreground process.

GLOBAL_CONTEXT_MEMORY

Returns the number being used in the System Global Area by the globally accessed context.

GLOBAL_UID

Returns the global user ID from Oracle Internet Directory for Enterprise User Security (EUS) logins; returns null for all other logins.

HOST

Name of the host machine from which the client has connected.

IDENTIFICATION_TYPE

Returns the way the user’s schema was created in the database. Specifically, it reflects the IDENTIFIED clause in the CREATE/ALTER USER syntax. In the list that follows, the syntax used during schema creation is followed by the identification type returned:

IDENTIFIED BY password: LOCAL

IDENTIFIED EXTERNALLY: EXTERNAL

IDENTIFIED GLOBALLY: GLOBAL SHARED

IDENTIFIED GLOBALLY AS DN: GLOBAL PRIVATE

INSTANCE

The instance identification number of the current instance.

INSTANCE_NAME

The name of the instance.

IP_ADDRESS

IP address of the machine from which the client is connected.

ISDBA

Returns TRUE if the user has been authenticated as having DBA privileges either through the operating system or through a password file.

LANG

The ISO abbreviation for the language name, a shorter form than the existing ‘LANGUAGE‘ parameter.

LANGUAGE

The language and territory currently used by your session, along with the database character set, in this form:

language_territory.characterset

MODULE

The application name (module) set through the DBMS_APPLICATION_INFO package or OCI.

NETWORK_PROTOCOL

Network protocol being used for communication, as specified in the PROTOCOL=protocol‘ portion of the connect string.

NLS_CALENDAR

The current calendar of the current session.

NLS_CURRENCY

The currency of the current session.

NLS_DATE_FORMAT

The date format for the session.

NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE

The language used for expressing dates.

NLS_SORT

BINARY or the linguistic sort basis.

NLS_TERRITORY

The territory of the current session.

OS_USER

Operating system user name of the client process that initiated the database session.

POLICY_INVOKER

The invoker of row-level security (RLS) policy functions.

PROXY_ENTERPRISE_IDENTITY

Returns the Oracle Internet Directory DN when the proxy user is an enterprise user.

PROXY_GLOBAL_UID

Returns the global user ID from Oracle Internet Directory for Enterprise User Security (EUS) proxy users; returns NULL for all other proxy users.

PROXY_USER

Name of the database user who opened the current session on behalf of SESSION_USER.

PROXY_USERID

Identifier of the database user who opened the current session on behalf of SESSION_USER.

SERVER_HOST

The host name of the machine on which the instance is running.

SERVICE_NAME

The name of the service to which a given session is connected.

SESSION_USER

For enterprises users, returns the schema. For other users, returns the database user name by which the current user is authenticated. This value remains the same throughout the duration of the session.

SESSION_USERID

Identifier of the database user name by which the current user is authenticated.

SESSIONID

The auditing session identifier. You cannot use this attribute in distributed SQL statements.

SID

The session number (different from the session ID).

STATEMENTID

The auditing statement identifier. STATEMENTID represents the number of SQL statements audited in a given session. You cannot use this attribute in distributed SQL statements. The correct auditing statement identifier can be seen only through an audit handler for standard or fine-grained audit.

TERMINAL

The operating system identifier for the client of the current session. In distributed SQL statements, this attribute returns the identifier for your local session. In a distributed environment, this is supported only for remote SELECT statements, not for remote INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE operations. (The return length of this parameter may vary by operating system.)