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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 14:05:53 -0400
From: Michael Brusser <michael@synchronicity.com>
Subject: How to determine the current user
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I'm running Pg v7.3.4 
I have a function where I need to determine the current user.
But since the function was created with option "SECURITY DEFINER" 
(it has to be this way) current_user returns the name of creator,
rather than current user.

Is there a way in such function find out the real current user?

Thanks,
Mike.