Categories:: Context functions (Session)

CURRENT_SESSION¶

Returns a unique system identifier for the Snowflake session corresponding to the present connection. This will generally be a system-generated alphanumeric string. It is NOT derived from the user name or user account.

Syntax¶

CURRENT_SESSION()

Returns¶

The data type of the returned value is VARCHAR.

Examples¶

SELECT CURRENT_SESSION();
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 CURRENT_SESSION() |
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 34359980038       |
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