Oracle UTL_INADDR
Version 23c

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Purpose Provides PL/SQL procedures to support internet addressing. It provides an API to retrieve host names and IP addresses of local and remote hosts.
AUTHID CURRENT_USER
Dependencies
DBMS_ISCHED DBMS_ISCHED_REMOTE_ACCESS UTL_INA_LIB
Documented Yes
Exceptions
Error Code Reason
ORA-24247 network_access_denied: Network privileges issue
ORA-29257 unknown_host: Host not found
First Available 8.1.7
Security Model Owned by SYS with EXECUTE granted to PUBLIC, DVSYS, and ORACLE_OCM
Source {$ORACLE_HOME}/rdbms/admin/utlinad.sql
Subprograms
 
GET_HOST_ADDRESS
Retrieves an IP address given the host name utl_inaddr.get_host_address(host IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL) RETURN VARCHAR2;
SELECT utl_inaddr.get_host_address('washington.edu');

SELECT utl_inaddr.get_host_address('www.oracle.com');
Retrieve IP address of Oracle client SELECT sid, machine, utl_inaddr.get_host_address(SUBSTR(machine, INSTR(machine,'\')+1)) ip
FROM gv$session
WHERE type = 'USER'
AND username IS NOT NULL;
 
GET_HOST_NAME
Retrieves a host name given the IP Address utl_inaddr.get_host_name(ip IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL) RETURN VARCHAR2;
SELECT utl_inaddr.get_host_name('140.142.15.233');

Related Topics
Built-in Functions
Built-in Packages
DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN
DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_UTILITY
SYS_CONTEXT
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