Passing information from client to SQL Server

Is there a means to pass information to SQL server (on a single connection)
that is accessible from T-SQL or triggers. My scenario is that when certain
tables are updated/inserted/deleted, I am making entries in a "log" table,
via triggers, that contains the table name and the action performed on it.
What I also need to insert into the logging table is an integer denoting som
e
additional information about the update/insert/delete which needs to come
from the client. Also, this information needs to be scoped to the connectio
n
so that it is not accesible from other connections.What is the additional info? Some things come for free that might be useful
for your scenario eg HOST_NAME(), HOST_ID() but if this is something
specific to your business, then perhaps it needs to be an additional field
on each table, and the triggers will pick it up that way.
Cheers,
Paul Ibison|||Maybe using context_info is an option you can use in your
scenario. Refer to the following books online topic for more
info:
SQL 2000
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-US/library/aa214382(sql.80).aspx
or
SQL 2005
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189252(SQL.90).aspx
-Sue
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:34:00 -0700, arothberg
<arothberg@.newsgroups.nospam> wrote:

>Is there a means to pass information to SQL server (on a single connection)
>that is accessible from T-SQL or triggers. My scenario is that when certai
n
>tables are updated/inserted/deleted, I am making entries in a "log" table,
>via triggers, that contains the table name and the action performed on it.
>What I also need to insert into the logging table is an integer denoting so
me
>additional information about the update/insert/delete which needs to come
>from the client. Also, this information needs to be scoped to the connecti
on
>so that it is not accesible from other connections.|||This is exactly what I needed. Thanks.
"Sue Hoegemeier" wrote:

> Maybe using context_info is an option you can use in your
> scenario. Refer to the following books online topic for more
> info:
> SQL 2000
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-US/library/aa214382(sql.80).aspx
> or
> SQL 2005
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189252(SQL.90).aspx
> -Sue
> On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:34:00 -0700, arothberg
> <arothberg@.newsgroups.nospam> wrote:
>
>