Returns the name of the user running the current query.

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Syntax

SESSION_USER()

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Return Types

TEXT

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Examples

The following code example shows the effective privileges of the roles directly assigned to the user running the query:

Example

Dynamic security through a view which uses session_user().

-- user bob created view:
create view my_employee_data as select * from employees where user_name = session_user();

-- user alice queries it:
select * from my_employee_data; -- session_user() will be evaluated to 'alice' for this query

Returns