Amazon Redshift will no longer support the creation of new Python UDFs starting November 1, 2025. If you would like to use Python UDFs, create the UDFs prior to that date. Existing Python UDFs will continue to function as normal. For more information, see the blog post .

CURRENT_NAMESPACE

Returns the cluster namespace of the current Amazon Redshift cluster. Amazon Redshift cluster namespace is the unique ID of the Amazon Redshift cluster.

Syntax

current_namespace

Return type

Returns a CHAR or VARCHAR string.

Example

The following query returns the name of the current namespace.

select user, current_namespace; 
current_user | current_namespace
-------------+-------------------------------------
dwuser       | 86b5169f-01dc-4a6f-9fbb-e2e24359e9a8

(1 row)