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CURRENT_USER
Returns the details (username and hostname) of the user executing the query.
Syntax
CURRENT_USER()
USER()
Return Type
String
Examples
memsql> SELECT CURRENT_USER();
+----------------+
| CURRENT_USER() |
+----------------+
| root@% |
+----------------+
The below query returns the current user name and host name for the MySQL connection.
memsql> SELECT USER();
+------------------------------+
| USER() |
+------------------------------+
| root@localhost |
+------------------------------+
1 row in set (1.22 sec)
This feature can be combined with views to enable row-level permissions. In this example, persons with the ‘employee’ role can only see themselves, while ‘managers’ can see all records:
memsql> CREATE TABLE employees (
-> id int primary key,
-> fullname varchar(64),
-> account_name varchar(64),
-> role enum('employee', 'manager'),
-> salary int
-> );
memsql> CREATE TABLE permissions (
-> account_name varchar(64),
-> emp_id int,
-> primary key (account_name, emp_id)
-> );
memsql> CREATE VIEW employee_view as
-> select e.* from employees e, permissions p
-> where e.id = p.emp_id
-> and p.account_name = current_user();
memsql> INSERT INTO employees values
-> (1, 'SYSTEM', 'root@%', 'manager', 0),
-> (2, 'Kevin Kelvin', 'kelvin@%', 'manager', 5000),
-> (3, 'Oliver Heavyside', 'oliver@%', 'employee', 3000);
memsql> INSERT INTO permissions values
-> ('root@%', 1), ('root@%', 2), ('root@%', 3),
-> ('kelvin@%', 2), ('kelvin@%', 3),
-> ('oliver@%', 3);
-- as root:
memsql> SELECT CURRENT_USER(), * FROM employee_view;
+----------------+----+------------------+--------------+----------+--------+
| CURRENT_USER() | id | fullname | account_name | role | salary |
+----------------+----+------------------+--------------+----------+--------+
| root@% | 1 | SYSTEM | root@% | manager | 0 |
| root@% | 2 | Kevin Kelvin | kevin@% | manager | 5000 |
| root@% | 3 | Oliver Heavyside | oliver@% | employee | 3000 |
+----------------+----+------------------+--------------+----------+--------+
-- as kelvin:
mysql> SELECT CURRENT_USER(), * FROM employee_view;
+----------------+----+------------------+--------------+----------+--------+
| CURRENT_USER() | id | fullname | account_name | role | salary |
+----------------+----+------------------+--------------+----------+--------+
| kelvin@% | 2 | Kevin Kelvin | kevin@% | manager | 5000 |
| kelvin@% | 3 | Oliver Heavyside | oliver@% | employee | 3000 |
+----------------+----+------------------+--------------+----------+--------+
-- as oliver:
mysql> SELECT CURRENT_USER(), * FROM employee_view;
+----------------+----+------------------+--------------+----------+--------+
|CURRENT_USER() | id | fullname | account_name | role | salary |
+----------------+----+------------------+--------------+----------+--------+
| oliver@% | 3 | Oliver Heavyside | oliver@% | employee | 3000 |
+----------------+----+------------------+--------------+----------+--------+