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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/func.sgml')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml index 59813e16f16..37087355150 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.269 2005/07/22 21:16:14 momjian Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.270 2005/07/25 22:12:30 tgl Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -8266,7 +8266,9 @@ select current_date + s.a as dates from generate_series(0,14,7) as s(a); with <xref linkend="sql-set-session-authorization" endterm="sql-set-session-authorization-title">. The <function>current_user</function> is the user identifier that is applicable for permission checking. Normally, it is equal - to the session user, but it changes during the execution of + to the session user, but it can be changed with + <xref linkend="sql-set-role" endterm="sql-set-role-title">. + It also changes during the execution of functions with the attribute <literal>SECURITY DEFINER</literal>. In Unix parlance, the session user is the <quote>real user</quote> and the current user is the <quote>effective user</quote>. |