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SQL*Plus Session/Module is Not Showing in V$SESSION (Doc ID 1312340.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 09, 2023

Applies to:

SQL*Plus - Version 10.2.0.3 to 11.2.0.2 [Release Oracle10g to 11.2]
Information in this document applies to any platform.
V$SESSION, APPINFO, DBMS_APPLICATION_INFO.READ_MODULE


Goal

Details of SQL*Plus session/module are not showing in V$SESSION, while querying the V$SESSION using the following SELECT statement:

SELECT module, process, program FROM v$session where module is not null;

 

One would see an output like:

MODULE                 PROCESS    PROGRAM
--------------------   ----------     ------------------------------
SQL*Plus                  ####:#### sqlplus.exe STREAMS ##### <user>@<host>(#####)


This output is not showing the module that is running in this SQL*Plus session.

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