Hi, Robert,
Robert Edwards wrote:
> Or is it possible, over the same connection, to change the database
> user? My understanding of the frontend/backend protocol is that this
> is not allowed.
Not on protocol level, but one level higher.
SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION <user>;
pg_dump uses this frequently. See the docs for more details.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/sql-set-session-authorization.html
HTH,
Markus
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