USER Function | Teradata Vantage - USER - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

SQL Functions, Expressions, and Predicates

Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.05
17.00
Published
June 2020
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2021-01-30
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Product Category
Teradata Vantage™

Provides the session user name.

IF the session logon is … THEN …
not directory-based the result value is the session user name.
directory-based If the session maps to a permanent table, the result value is the name of the permanent user.

If the session does not map to a permanent user, the result value is the authcid of the external user.