diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index fd06b51905cfd6093390d9181ba3f111ae2db006..27bb09e8201b4e73421f4e842537a9962b1add32 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.134 2003/09/01 23:04:49 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.135 2003/09/03 22:05:01 petere Exp $
-->
<chapter id="libpq">
@@ -857,7 +857,8 @@ is not known.
Parameters reported as of the current release include
<literal>server_version</> (cannot change after startup);
<literal>client_encoding</>,
-<literal>is_superuser</>, and
+<literal>is_superuser</>,
+<literal>session_authorization</literal>, and
<literal>DateStyle</>.
</para>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
index 5127bd66d529f7b76d9b435f929bbfbd6713b297..09768a46cf7b78b55b486e50d3b484616033ae88 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml,v 1.42 2003/09/01 23:04:49 petere Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml,v 1.43 2003/09/03 22:05:07 petere Exp $ -->
<chapter id="protocol">
<title>Frontend/Backend Protocol</title>
@@ -1006,7 +1006,8 @@
<literal>server_version</> (a pseudo-parameter that cannot change after
startup);
<literal>client_encoding</>,
- <literal>is_superuser</>, and
+ <literal>is_superuser</>,
+ <literal>session_authorization</literal>, and
<literal>DateStyle</>.
This set might change in the future, or even become configurable.
Accordingly, a frontend should simply ignore ParameterStatus for
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
index 35e33e7fe219425c0228b5f48538d174aedbce3b..1d6da0e3b2d98d7fa98a1d6a1ffff26ccdc9bd5f 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.95 2003/08/31 17:32:24 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.96 2003/09/03 22:05:08 petere Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -2214,8 +2214,14 @@ testdb=> <userinput>\set content '\'' `sed -e "s/'/\\\\\\'/g" < my_file.txt` '\'
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>%n</literal></term>
- <listitem><para>The user name you are connected as (not your local system
- user name).</para></listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The database session user name. (The expansion of this
+ value might change during a database session as the result
+ of the command <command>SET SESSION
+ AUTHORIZATION</command>.)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -2231,8 +2237,15 @@ testdb=> <userinput>\set content '\'' `sed -e "s/'/\\\\\\'/g" < my_file.txt` '\'
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>%#</literal></term>
- <listitem><para>If the current user is a database superuser, then a
- <literal>#</literal>, otherwise a <literal>></literal>.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ If the session user is a database superuser, then a
+ <literal>#</literal>, otherwise a <literal>></literal>.
+ (The expansion of this value might change during a database
+ session as the result of the command <command>SET SESSION
+ AUTHORIZATION</command>.)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
index fbf7cc5bff898ec2590ea1aae380a1a99971836d..f75711511755d5f3a5c438b77bfa6bfdddfa4007 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
* Written by Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>.
*
* IDENTIFICATION
- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v 1.153 2003/09/01 23:04:49 petere Exp $
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v 1.154 2003/09/03 22:05:08 petere Exp $
*
*--------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ static struct config_string ConfigureNamesString[] =
{"session_authorization", PGC_USERSET, UNGROUPED,
gettext_noop("Current session userid"),
NULL,
- GUC_NO_SHOW_ALL | GUC_NO_RESET_ALL | GUC_NOT_IN_SAMPLE | GUC_DISALLOW_IN_FILE
+ GUC_REPORT | GUC_NO_SHOW_ALL | GUC_NO_RESET_ALL | GUC_NOT_IN_SAMPLE | GUC_DISALLOW_IN_FILE
},
&session_authorization_string,
NULL, assign_session_authorization, show_session_authorization
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/common.c b/src/bin/psql/common.c
index cead3c6590438c75f62c165877ac24fa74871bee..70551a2a3d56b494b5237a4fcb350f539de49c26 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/common.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/common.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
*
* Copyright (c) 2000-2003, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
*
- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/common.c,v 1.72 2003/08/14 18:48:35 tgl Exp $
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/common.c,v 1.73 2003/09/03 22:05:08 petere Exp $
*/
#include "postgres_fe.h"
#include "common.h"
@@ -724,3 +724,26 @@ is_superuser(void)
return false;
}
+
+
+/*
+ * Return the session user of the current connection.
+ *
+ * Note: this will correctly detect the session user only with a
+ * protocol-3.0 or newer backend; otherwise it will return the
+ * connection user.
+ */
+const char *
+session_username(void)
+{
+ const char *val;
+
+ if (!pset.db)
+ return NULL;
+
+ val = PQparameterStatus(pset.db, "session_authorization");
+ if (val)
+ return val;
+ else
+ return PQuser(pset.db);
+}
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/common.h b/src/bin/psql/common.h
index 08ec84acdf2556f1e8904c0a9405c883c2029312..f5719bb258422b6081ea2847b912cec31ee69b63 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/common.h
+++ b/src/bin/psql/common.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
*
* Copyright (c) 2000-2003, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
*
- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/common.h,v 1.28 2003/08/08 04:52:21 momjian Exp $
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/common.h,v 1.29 2003/09/03 22:05:09 petere Exp $
*/
#ifndef COMMON_H
#define COMMON_H
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ extern PGresult *PSQLexec(const char *query, bool start_xact);
extern bool SendQuery(const char *query);
extern bool is_superuser(void);
+extern const char *session_username(void);
/* Parse a numeric character code from the string pointed at by *buf, e.g.
* one written as 0x0c (hexadecimal) or 015 (octal); advance *buf to the last
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/prompt.c b/src/bin/psql/prompt.c
index 4e9eb36c8008f51832a772b46d95e6d0b5ac15c0..fbc0f44381f11c7449939acc6044612e51dddd83 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/prompt.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/prompt.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
*
* Copyright (c) 2000-2003, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
*
- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/prompt.c,v 1.28 2003/08/04 23:59:40 tgl Exp $
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/prompt.c,v 1.29 2003/09/03 22:05:09 petere Exp $
*/
#include "postgres_fe.h"
#include "prompt.h"
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ get_prompt(promptStatus_t status)
/* DB server user name */
case 'n':
if (pset.db)
- strncpy(buf, PQuser(pset.db), MAX_PROMPT_SIZE);
+ strncpy(buf, session_username(), MAX_PROMPT_SIZE);
break;
case '0':