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From: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: Laurenz Albe <[email protected]>
Cc: Dominique Devienne <[email protected]>
Cc: Erik Wienhold <[email protected]>
Cc: Asad Ali <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Customize psql prompt to show current_role
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 10:54:55 -0400
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Laurenz Albe <[email protected]> writes:
> To get the current role, psql would have to query the database whenever
> it displays the prompt.  That would be rather expensive...

See previous discussion:

https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CAFj8pRBFU-WzzQhNrwRHn67N0Ug8a9-0-9BOo69PPtcHiBDQMA%40mai...

At the time I didn't like the idea too much, but now that we've seen
a second independent request, maybe our opinion of its value should
go up a notch.

			regards, tom lane

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