Information Functions

9.25. System Information Functions

Table 9-57 shows several functions that extract session and system information.

In addition to the functions listed in this section, there are a number of functions related to the statistics system that also provide system information. See Section 27.2.2 for more information.

Table 9-57. Session Information Functions

Name Return Type Description
current_catalog name name of current database (called "catalog" in the SQL standar