Emi Lu wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Could someone clues me in the differences between SESSION_USER and
> CURRENT_USER please?
> 

Session_user is the user that started the session. Current User is the
user that has
been set via set local session authorization, or via the SECURITY
DEFINER attribute of a function.

CURRENT_USER is what is used for permission checks.

see the manual.


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