Re: is_superuser is not documented

On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 12:00:43PM -0500, Joseph Koshakow wrote:
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> On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 11:53 AM Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)oss(dot)nttdata(dot)com>
> wrote:
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> >    On 2022/09/14 14:27, bt22kawamotok wrote:
> >    > I update patch to reflect master update.
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> >    Thanks for updating the patch!
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> >    +       <para>
> >    +        Shows whether the current user is a superuser or not.
> >    +       </para>
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> >    How about adding the note about when this parameter can change,
> >    like we do for in_hot_standby docs?  I applied this change to the patch.
> >    Attached is the updated version of the patch.
> >
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> I just came across this thread and noticed that the patch was never
> merged. There is some brief docs for is_superuser in the SHOW docs:
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-show.html, but the GUC
> fields were never updated.
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> Is there a reason that it never got merged or was it just forgotten
> about?

Uh, where are you looking? I see it in the SGML, and in the PG 15 docs:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-show.html

IS_SUPERUSER

True if the current role has superuser privileges.

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