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From Rafal Pietrak
Subject predefined functions
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Msg-id 1160207031.4482.9.camel@zorro.isa-geek.com
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Responses Re: predefined functions  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Hi,

Is there a reason why both:

    SELECT current_user;
    SELECT current_database();

are correct, while neither of:

    SELECT current_user();    -- syntax at '('
    SELECT current_database; -- missing column

is?

This is as of postgres version 8.1.4

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Rafal Pietrak <rafal@poczta.homelinux.com>

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