Re: Getting linux $USER (and perhaps other env vars) in PL/pg-sql?

From: Sam Mason <sam(at)samason(dot)me(dot)uk>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Getting linux $USER (and perhaps other env vars) in PL/pg-sql?
Date: 2009-08-07 19:38:07
Message-ID: 20090807193807.GS5407@samason.me.uk
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On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 12:08:45PM -0700, Gauthier, Dave wrote:
> Running 8.3.4 on Linux.
>
> From inside a stored procedure, is there a way to capture the linux
> user (environment var = $USER) that is attached to the DB?

Not really, what if they were connecting over the network from a device
that doesn't have "users"?

Maybe the "current_user" variable[1] helps?

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Sam http://samason.me.uk/

[1] http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/functions-info.html

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