Hi The per-session variable "role" is not shown when doing "select pg_settings". It is, however, possible to set it using "set role ...", and to query it using "show role". Is this per design, or is this a bug. I stumbled over this issue, because pgadmin3 lets you do "alter user set <variable> <value" using the gui (You can specify per-user variables in a tab in the user dialog). But pgadmin only lets one choose variables that are included in pg_settings, so one cannot archive the effect of "alter user <user> set role <role>" (i.e change the initial role of a user) using the gui. In case omiting role from pg_settings is per design, how could pgadmin find _all_ variables that can be set per user? greetings, Florian Pflug ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
