Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > To get the current role, psql would have to query the database whenever > it displays the prompt. That would be rather expensive... See previous discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CAFj8pRBFU-WzzQhNrwRHn67N0Ug8a9-0-9BOo69PPtcHiBDQMA%40mail.gmail.com At the time I didn't like the idea too much, but now that we've seen a second independent request, maybe our opinion of its value should go up a notch. regards, tom lane
