Hey Frank, I wasn't able to run the query: select * from mysql.user where concat(user, '@', host) like (select CURRENT_USER()) because I didn't have privileges to view the table, but I was able to root around the INFORMATION_SCHEMA table and find what I needed. thanks! patrick On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Frank Flynn <frank@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Jan 6, 2009, at 7:41 AM, php-db-digest-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > >> I was wondering if there is a php function >> and/or mysql function that can be run from php to find out the privileges >> for a particular db connection. Any ideas? >> > > Just to get you started try: > > select * from mysql.user where concat(user, '@', host) like (select > CURRENT_USER())\G > > That worked for me, I'm sure you can go join to INFORMATION_SCHEMA and do > more exotic (more precise) things too. > > Good Luck, > Frank >
