On 2023/06/07 23:15, Joseph Koshakow wrote:
> I think I may have discovered a reason why is_superuser is
> intentionally undocumented. is_superuser is not updated if a role's
> superuser attribute is changed by another session. Therefore,
> is_superuser may show you an incorrect stale value.
>
> Perhaps this can be fixed with a show_hook? Otherwise it's probably
> best not to document a GUC that can show an incorrect value.
Or we can correct the description of is_superuser, for example,
"True if the current role had superuser privileges when it connected to
the database. Note that this parameter doesn't always indicate
the current superuser status of the role."?
Regards,
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Fujii Masao
Advanced Computing Technology Center
Research and Development Headquarters
NTT DATA CORPORATION