11 Configure Application Identities

Use the SQL statements in this chapter to create and drop application identities.

An application identity represents an application in the database. Although application users do not require their own database identities, some use cases require the application itself to have a registered identity in the database. This allows the database to ensure that users connecting through the application can enable only the data roles and end-user contexts that belong to that specific application.

Query the DBA_APPLICATION_IDENTITIES data dictionary view to see existing application identities.