Categories:: Context functions (General)

IS_CONFIGURATION_SET (SYS_CONTEXT function)¶

Returns the VARCHAR value 'TRUE' if the specified configuration has a value set, that is, the configuration’s status is DONE. Returns FALSE if the configuration does not have a value set, that is, the configuration’s status is PENDING.

See also:: SYS_CONTEXT (SNOWFLAKE$APPLICATION namespace)

Syntax¶

SYS_CONTEXT(
  'SNOWFLAKE$APPLICATION' ,
  'IS_CONFIGURATION_SET' ,
  '<config_name>' ,
)

Arguments¶

'SNOWFLAKE$APPLICATION': Specifies that you want to call a function to return context information about the app in which the function is called.
'IS_CONFIGURATION_SET': Calls the IS_CONFIGURATION_SET function.
'config_name': Specifies the name of the configuration to check.

Returns¶

The function returns one of the following VARCHAR values:

'TRUE' if the configuration has a value set.
'FALSE' if the configuration does not have a value set.

To compare this return value against the BOOLEAN value TRUE or FALSE, cast the return value to BOOLEAN. For example:

SELECT SYS_CONTEXT('SNOWFLAKE$APPLICATION', 'IS_CONFIGURATION_SET', 'my_config_name')::BOOLEAN = TRUE;

2026_06 behavior change bundle

When the 2026_06 behavior change bundle is enabled in your account, when you call this function through SYS_CONTEXT, it returns BOOLEAN instead of the VARCHAR string 'TRUE' or 'FALSE'.

Existing casts, such as ::BOOLEAN or ::NUMBER, continue to work unchanged.

For the return type of every property and function by namespace, see SYS_CONTEXT return types.

Usage notes¶

This function can only be used by an app.