Re: Getting user who fired a trigger

Anton Nikiforov wrote:
>>> Could somene supply me with a solution or documentation part that i
>>> should read?
>>
>>
>>
>> Can't remember which part it is, but you want one of:
>>   SELECT CURRENT_USER;
>>   SELECT SESSION_USER;
>
> test=# SELECT CURRENT_USER;
>  current_user
> --------------
>  anton
> (1 row)
>
> test=# SELECT SESSION_USER;
>  session_user
> --------------
>  anton
> (1 row)
>
> This gives the same output. Looks like i should check this with the real
> operatins to understand the difference or RT*M more.

Sometimes a function may be running with the permissions of its creator
rather than the user running it. See the CREATE FUNCTION reference for
details.

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