On 12/31/2013 10:55 AM, peterlen wrote:
After logging into the PSQL Shell Script as a particular user and database, I
want to display who my current user is and what database I am in as I may
have forgotten who I am logged in as in order to make sure any commands are
going to the right place.  In Oracle's SQLPlus you can do something like
"show user" and get feedback on the user you are logged in as.  Is there an
equivalent thing for PSQL to list the user and database?


test=> select current_user;
 current_user
--------------
 aklaver
(1 row)

test=> select current_database();
 current_database
------------------
 test

Or you can change the psql prompt to display the information:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/interactive/app-psql.html

Search for:

"Prompting"

Details the variables available

"Files"

Explains how to persist this information in a psqlrc file.


Thanks - Peter



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