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title: About the oracledb_session Resource
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# oracledb_session

Use the `oracledb_session` InSpec audit resource to test SQL commands run against a Oracle database.

## Syntax

A `oracledb_session` resource block declares the username and password to use for the session with an optional service to connect to, and then the command to be run:

    describe oracledb_session(user: 'username', pass: 'password').query('QUERY') do
      its('output') { should eq('') }
    end

where

* `oracledb_session` declares a username and password with permission to run the query (required), and an optional parameters for host (default: `localhost`), SID (default: `nil`, which uses the default SID, and path to the sqlplus binary (default: `sqlplus`).  
* `query('QUERY')` contains the query to be run
* `its('output') { should eq('') }` compares the results of the query against the expected result in the test

## Matchers

This InSpec audit resource has the following matchers:

### be

<%= partial "/shared/matcher_be" %>

### cmp

<%= partial "/shared/matcher_cmp" %>

### eq

<%= partial "/shared/matcher_eq" %>

### include

<%= partial "/shared/matcher_include" %>

### match

<%= partial "/shared/matcher_match" %>

### output

The `output` matcher tests the results of the query:

    its('output') { should eq(/^0/) }

## Examples

The following examples show how to use this InSpec audit resource.

### Test for matching databases

    sql = oracledb_session(user: 'my_user', pass: 'password')
    
    describe sql.query('SELECT NAME FROM v$database;') do
      its('stdout') { should_not match(/test/) }
    end

### Test for matching databases with custom host, SID and sqlplus binary location

    sql = oracledb_session(user: 'my_user', pass: 'password', host: 'oraclehost', sid: 'mysid', sqlplus_bin: '/u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/bin/sqlplus')
    
    describe sql.query('SELECT NAME FROM v$database;') do
      its('stdout') { should_not match(/test/) }
    end