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FUNCTIONS / SYSTEM INFORMATION FUNCTIONS AND OPERATORS

current_role

Read PG 18 manual ↗

This is equivalent to current_user.

Signatures & examples

current_role → name
This is equivalent to current_user.
Version history 2
  1. PG 12 → 13changed
  2. PG 9.1 → 9.2added

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