@@ -15306,6 +15306,12 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_ls_dir('.') WITH ORDINALITY AS t(ls,n);
1530615306 by the client (might contain more than one statement)</entry>
1530715307 </row>
1530815308
15309+ <row>
15310+ <entry><literal><function>current_role</function></literal></entry>
15311+ <entry><type>name</type></entry>
15312+ <entry>equivalent to <function>current_user</function></entry>
15313+ </row>
15314+
1530915315 <row>
1531015316 <entry><literal><function>current_schema</function>[()]</literal></entry>
1531115317 <entry><type>name</type></entry>
@@ -15429,8 +15435,11 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_ls_dir('.') WITH ORDINALITY AS t(ls,n);
1542915435
1543015436 <note>
1543115437 <para>
15432- <function>current_catalog</function>, <function>current_schema</function>,
15433- <function>current_user</function>, <function>session_user</function>,
15438+ <function>current_catalog</function>,
15439+ <function>current_role</function>,
15440+ <function>current_schema</function>,
15441+ <function>current_user</function>,
15442+ <function>session_user</function>,
1543415443 and <function>user</function> have special syntactic status
1543515444 in <acronym>SQL</acronym>: they must be called without trailing
1543615445 parentheses. (In PostgreSQL, parentheses can optionally be used with
@@ -15450,6 +15459,10 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_ls_dir('.') WITH ORDINALITY AS t(ls,n);
1545015459 <primary>current_query</primary>
1545115460 </indexterm>
1545215461
15462+ <indexterm>
15463+ <primary>current_role</primary>
15464+ </indexterm>
15465+
1545315466 <indexterm>
1545415467 <primary>current_schema</primary>
1545515468 </indexterm>
@@ -15501,6 +15514,11 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_ls_dir('.') WITH ORDINALITY AS t(ls,n);
1550115514 functions with the attribute <literal>SECURITY DEFINER</literal>.
1550215515 In Unix parlance, the session user is the <quote>real user</quote> and
1550315516 the current user is the <quote>effective user</quote>.
15517+ <function>current_role</function> and <function>user</function> are
15518+ synonyms for <function>current_user</function>. (The SQL standard draws
15519+ a distinction between <function>current_role</function>
15520+ and <function>current_user</function>, but <productname>PostgreSQL</>
15521+ does not, since it unifies users and roles into a single kind of entity.)
1550415522 </para>
1550515523
1550615524 <para>