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
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SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION
Sets the user name for the current session.
You can use the SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION command, for example, to test database access by temporarily running a session or transaction as an unprivileged user. You must be a database superuser to run this command.
Syntax
SET [ LOCAL ] SESSION AUTHORIZATION { user_name | DEFAULT }
Parameters
- LOCAL
-
Specifies that the setting is valid for the current transaction. Omitting this parameter specifies that the setting is valid for the current session.
- user_name
-
Name of the user to set. The user name may be written as an identifier or a string literal.
- DEFAULT
-
Sets the session user name to the default value.
Examples
The following example sets the user name for the current session to
dwuser:
SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION 'dwuser';
The following example sets the user name for the current transaction to
dwuser:
SET LOCAL SESSION AUTHORIZATION 'dwuser';
This example sets the user name for the current session to the default user name:
SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION DEFAULT;
