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SET SESS...ORIZATION(7) PostgreSQL 18.4 Documentation SET SESS...ORIZATION(7) NAME SET_SESSION_AUTHORIZATION - set the session user identifier and the current user identifier of the current session SYNOPSIS SET [ SESSION | LOCAL ] SESSION AUTHORIZATION user_name SET [ SESSION | LOCAL ] SESSION AUTHORIZATION DEFAULT RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION DESCRIPTION This command sets the session user identifier and the current user identi- fier of the current SQL session to be user_name. The user name can be writ- ten as either an identifier or a string literal. Using this command, it is possible, for example, to temporarily become an unprivileged user and later switch back to being a superuser. The session user identifier is initially set to be the (possibly authenti- cated) user name provided by the client. The current user identifier is normally equal to the session user identifier, but might change temporarily in the context of SECURITY DEFINER functions and similar mechanisms; it can also be changed by SET ROLE. The current user identifier is relevant for permission checking. The session user identifier can be changed only if the initial session user (the authenticated user) has the superuser privilege. Otherwise, the com- mand is accepted only if it specifies the authenticated user name. The SESSION and LOCAL modifiers act the same as for the regular SET com- mand. The DEFAULT and RESET forms reset the session and current user identifiers to be the originally authenticated user name. These forms can be executed by any user. NOTES SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION cannot be used within a SECURITY DEFINER func- tion. EXAMPLES SELECT SESSION_USER, CURRENT_USER; session_user | current_user --------------+-------------- peter | peter SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION 'paul'; SELECT SESSION_USER, CURRENT_USER; session_user | current_user --------------+-------------- paul | paul COMPATIBILITY The SQL standard allows some other expressions to appear in place of the literal user_name, but these options are not important in practice. Post- greSQL allows identifier syntax ("username"), which SQL does not. SQL does not allow this command during a transaction; PostgreSQL does not make this restriction because there is no reason to. The SESSION and LOCAL modifiers are a PostgreSQL extension, as is the RESET syntax. The privileges necessary to execute this command are left implementa- tion-defined by the standard. SEE ALSO SET ROLE (SET_ROLE(7)) PostgreSQL 18.4 2026 SET SESS...ORIZATION(7)
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