Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> writes:
> At http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/sql-set-role.html, we
> claim that 'SESSION and LOCAL modifiers act the same as for the
> regular SET command', but I don't think that's actually right...
I cannot duplicate the behavior you show, in either HEAD or 8.2.
Are you *sure* you were inside a transaction block?
regards, tom lane