CURRENT_SESSION | Snowflake Documentation (original) (raw)

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()

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Returns¶

The data type of the returned value is VARCHAR.

Examples¶

SELECT CURRENT_SESSION(); -------------------+ CURRENT_SESSION() | -------------------+ 34359980038 | -------------------+

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