Jonathan Bartlett <johnnyb6(at)SDF(dot)lonestar(dot)org> writes:
> However, the only way I can see to implement this is to have session
> global variables. Is there a way to fake session global variables with a
> table? Any comments would be appreciated.
You could do it with temp tables: the same temp table name would refer
to a different table in each session.
(You realize, of course, that CURRENT_USER already exists per SQL spec.
I assume you just meant that you'd like to have things *like*
CURRENT_USER, but defined by yourself...)
regards, tom lane