Re: "CURRENT_ROLE" is not documented

From: Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: "CURRENT_ROLE" is not documented
Date: 2017-05-06 19:13:29
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.20.1705062110160.3896@lancre
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> functions with the attribute <literal>SECURITY DEFINER</literal>.
> In Unix parlance, the session user is the <quote>real user</quote> and
> the current user is the <quote>effective user</quote>.
> + <function>current_role</function> and <function>user</function> are
> + synonyms for <function>current_user</function>. (The SQL standard draws
> + a distinction between <function>current_role</function>
> + and <function>current_user</function>, but <productname>PostgreSQL</>
> + does not, since it unifies users and roles into a single kind of entity.)

Looks simple and good to me. Thanks for the wording!

--
Fabien.

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