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From: Raphael Salguero Aragón <[email protected]>
To: Dominique Devienne <[email protected]>
To: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: Adrian Klaver <[email protected]>
Cc: Laurenz Albe <[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: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:14:04 +0100
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Am 23.09.2024 um 17:37 schrieb Dominique Devienne <[email protected]>:
> 
> On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 5:16 PM Adrian Klaver <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 9/23/24 08:07, Dominique Devienne wrote:
>>> I often resort to \conninfo, but it's less automatic and
>>> harder to visually parse (IMHO) compared to a custom ad-hoc prompt.
> 
>> For me that shows the user that connected(session_user) not the current_user.
> 
> yeah, sure, I realized that just after sending my last post...
> I resort to using both \conninfo *and* `select current_role`.
> I used \conninfo to tell me which server I'm on (since not
> on the default prompt, before I played with it today), which
> session_user I'm connected with (ddevienne or dd_login
> in my recent example), and finally `select current_role`
> which matters in my use-cases (session_user or dd_admin or dd_user).
> 
> I'd like not to have to type those commands/queries all the time,
> and have them in the prompt at all time. I get that it's not for everyone,
> nor even necessary all the time, but I sincerely think it is definitely useful.
> 
> I'd be glad to use Pavel's proposed %N. —DD
> 


Hi all,

I just wanted to add that we are also supporting a larger customer with exactly the same request.
Perhaps this increases the value of the adjustment a little more :)

Best regards!
 Raphael Salguero

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