Garry Taylor wrote: > > "Sterin, Ilya" wrote: > > Why would you want to do that. Don't you already have that info when > logging a user in? > > Not necessarily, especially if you are in a function that is passed a > $dbh to work with, and you've no control over how the programmer makes > the connection in the first place. You might not even know which type of > database server it is connected to, though that is less usual. > > Many (well, at least some) commercial databases provide mechanisms such > as SELECT USERNAME or CURRENT_USER or some similar construct to allow you > to identify the current user. > > > That's pretty much why I need to do this, unfortunatly I am using > mySQL not Oracle. > > Anyway, if it's not possible, I'll just find a workaround. MySQL is sometimes better than expected. You can try "select User(), Database()" and "SHOW variables";
CU, Bernhard > > Thanks > > Garry -- ************************************************* Bernhard Schmalhofer Software Engineer Biomax Informatics AG Lochhamer Str. 11 82152 Martinsried, Germany Tel: +49 89 89 55 74 - 39 Fax: +49 89 89 55 74 - 25 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.biomax.de *************************************************
