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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/set_session_auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/set_session_auth.sgml index 96d279aaf94..a8aee6f6323 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/set_session_auth.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/set_session_auth.sgml @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION The session user identifier is initially set to be the (possibly authenticated) user name provided by the client. The current user identifier is normally equal to the session user identifier, but - might change temporarily in the context of <literal>SECURITY DEFINER</> + might change temporarily in the context of <literal>SECURITY DEFINER</literal> functions and similar mechanisms; it can also be changed by <xref linkend="sql-set-role">. The current user identifier is relevant for permission checking. @@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION </para> <para> - The <literal>SESSION</> and <literal>LOCAL</> modifiers act the same + The <literal>SESSION</literal> and <literal>LOCAL</literal> modifiers act the same as for the regular <xref linkend="SQL-SET"> command. </para> <para> - The <literal>DEFAULT</> and <literal>RESET</> forms reset the session + The <literal>DEFAULT</literal> and <literal>RESET</literal> forms reset the session and current user identifiers to be the originally authenticated user name. These forms can be executed by any user. </para> @@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ RESET SESSION AUTHORIZATION <title>Notes</title> <para> - <command>SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION</> cannot be used within a - <literal>SECURITY DEFINER</> function. + <command>SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION</command> cannot be used within a + <literal>SECURITY DEFINER</literal> function. </para> </refsect1> @@ -101,13 +101,13 @@ SELECT SESSION_USER, CURRENT_USER; The SQL standard allows some other expressions to appear in place of the literal <replaceable>user_name</replaceable>, but these options are not important in practice. <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> - allows identifier syntax (<literal>"<replaceable>username</>"</literal>), which SQL + allows identifier syntax (<literal>"<replaceable>username</replaceable>"</literal>), which SQL does not. SQL does not allow this command during a transaction; <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> does not make this restriction because there is no reason to. - The <literal>SESSION</> and <literal>LOCAL</> modifiers are a + The <literal>SESSION</literal> and <literal>LOCAL</literal> modifiers are a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension, as is the - <literal>RESET</> syntax. + <literal>RESET</literal> syntax. </para> <para> |