The Ultimate Guide to High Availability with MariaDB

CURRENT_USER

You are viewing an old version of this article. View the current version here.

Syntax

CURRENT_USER, CURRENT_USER()

Description

Returns the user name and host name combination for the MariaDB account that the server used to authenticate the current client. This account determines your access privileges. The return value is a string in the utf8 character set.

The value of CURRENT_USER() can differ from the value of USER(). CURRENT_ROLE() returns the current active role.

Statements using the CURRENT_USER function are not safe for statement-based replication.

Examples

shell> mysql --user="anonymous"

select user(),current_user();
+---------------------+----------------+
| user()              | current_user() |
+---------------------+----------------+
| anonymous@localhost | @localhost     |
+---------------------+----------------+

When calling CURRENT_USER() in a stored procedure, it returns the owner of the stored procedure, as defined with DEFINER.

See Also

Comments

Comments loading...
Content reproduced on this site is the property of its respective owners, and this content is not reviewed in advance by MariaDB. The views, information and opinions expressed by this content do not necessarily represent those of MariaDB or any other party.