SESSION_USER

Returns a VARCHAR containing the name of the user who initiated the current database session.

Behavior type

Syntax

SESSION_USER()

Notes

• The SESSION_USER function does not require parentheses.

• SESSION_USER is equivalent to CURRENT_USER, USER, and USERNAME.

Examples

=> SELECT SESSION_USER();
 session_user
--------------
 dbadmin
(1 row)

The following command returns the same results without the parentheses:

=> SELECT SESSION_USER;
 session_user
--------------
 dbadmin
(1 row)