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FUNCTIONS / SYSTEM INFORMATION FUNCTIONS AND OPERATORS

current_database

Read PG 18 manual ↗

Returns the name of the current database.

Signatures & examples

current_database () → name
Returns the name of the current database. (Databases are called “catalogs” in the SQL standard, so current_catalog is the standard's spelling.)
Version history 1
  1. PG 12 → 13changed

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