CURRENT_USER

CURRENT_USER returns a VARCHAR containing the name of the user who initiated the current database connection.

Syntax

CURRENT_USER

Notes

• This function must be called without trailing parentheses.
• CURRENT_USER is useful for permission checking
• CURRENT_USER is equivalent to SESSION_USER and USER.

Examples

=> SELECT CURRENT_USER;

current_user

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dbadmin

(1 row)