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current_database

Read the PG 18 manual

Returns the name of the current database.

Reading PG 18current·documented in 25 of 27 versions, 7.3 to 20

7.17.27.37.48.08.18.28.38.49.09.19.29.39.49.59.61011121314151617181920

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 3
  1. 12 → 13 changed
  2. 7.4 → 8.0 changed
  3. 7.2 → 7.3 added

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