On 28 Nov 2002 11:34:49 -0500
Rod Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Force the system to use it as a function.
> select "current_user"();
On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 17:20:59 -0500
Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > As for some current_*** functions, "select current_user;" seems to
> > work, but "select current_user();" doesn't .
>
> Complain to the SQL spec authors --- they mandated this peculiar keyword
> syntax for what is really a function call.
Since current_user() can be used in 7.2, I have thought it would work in 7.3 too.
I now understand it doesn't work any more -- as well, session_user(), user(),
current_date(), current_time(), current_timestamp() and etc.
Thank you, Rod and Tom.
Regards,
Masaru Sugawara
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