Re: How to determine the current user - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Sean Chittenden
Subject Re: How to determine the current user
Date
Msg-id 20031014191404.GC21028@perrin.nxad.com
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In response to How to determine the current user  (Michael Brusser <michael@synchronicity.com>)
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> I'm running Pg v7.3.4 
> I have a function where I need to determine the current user.
> But since the function was created with option "SECURITY DEFINER" 
> (it has to be this way) current_user returns the name of creator,
> rather than current user.
> 
> Is there a way in such function find out the real current user?

CURRENT_USER should be right.  SESSION_USER is the username that
connected to the DB.  Look at table 6-27, session information
functions:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.3/static/functions-misc.html

-sc

-- 
Sean Chittenden


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