Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 10:59:27 -0400
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: hans@matfyz.cz, pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: listing roles
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On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 05:33:00PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
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> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/user-manag.html
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> Thank you for perfect documentation.
> I am missing in chapter 21 (Database roles) a section about *listing roles*
> both as psql commands and selects to catalogue or pg functions. E.g. to
> answer question like What roles is CURRENT_USER member of?

Well, we _could_ sprinkle psql backslash commands in all the places that
reference backslash command features, but that would make the text
awkward.  psql \du does show you want you wanted.

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