is_role_in_session

Verifies whether a role (or a nested role) is active in the current session.

This function is supported from v3.1.4 onwards.

Syntax

BOOLEAN is_role_in_session(VARCHAR role_name);

Parameters

role_name: the role you want to verify (can also be a nested role). Supported data type is VARCHAR.

Return value

Returns a BOOLEAN value. 1 indicates the role is active in the current session. 0 indicates the opposite.

Examples

1. Create roles and a user.

   -- Create three roles.
   create role r1;
   create role r2;
   create role r3;
   
   -- Create user u1.
   create user u1;
   
   -- Pass roles r2 and r3 to r1, and grant r1 to user u1. This way, user u1 has three roles: r1, r2, and r3.
   grant r3 to role r2;
   grant r2 to role r1;
   grant r1 to user u1;
   
   -- Switch to user u1 and perform operations as u1.
   execute as u1 with no revert;

2. Verify whether r1 is active. The result shows this role is not active.

   select is_role_in_session("r1");
   +--------------------------+
   | is_role_in_session('r1') |
   +--------------------------+
   |                        0 |
   +--------------------------+

3. Run the SET ROLE command to activate r1 and use is_role_in_session to verify whether the role is active. The result shows r1 is active and roles r2 and r3 that are nested in r1 are also active.

   set role "r1";
   
   select is_role_in_session("r1");
   +--------------------------+
   | is_role_in_session('r1') |
   +--------------------------+
   |                        1 |
   +--------------------------+
   
   select is_role_in_session("r2");
   +--------------------------+
   | is_role_in_session('r2') |
   +--------------------------+
   |                        1 |
   +--------------------------+
   
   select is_role_in_session("r3");
   +--------------------------+
   | is_role_in_session('r3') |
   +--------------------------+
   |                        1 |
   +--------------------------+