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The SHOW statement can display the value of either one or all of
the session setting variables. Some of these can also be configured via SET.
Required Privileges
No privileges are required to display the session settings.
Synopsis
Note:
The SHOW statement for session settings is unrelated to the other SHOW statements: SHOW CLUSTER SETTING, SHOW CREATE TABLE, SHOW CREATE VIEW, SHOW USERS, SHOW DATABASES, SHOW COLUMNS, SHOW GRANTS, and SHOW CONSTRAINTS.Parameters
The SHOW <session variable> statement accepts a single parameter: the variable name.
The variable name is case insensitive. It may be enclosed in double quotes; this is useful if the variable name itself contains spaces.
Supported variables
| Variable name | Description | Initial value | Can be modified with SET? |
|---|---|---|---|
database |
The default database for the current session. | Database in connection string, or empty if not specified. | Yes |
search_path |
A list of databases or namespaces that will be searched to resolve unqualified table or function names. For more details, see Name Resolution. | {pg_catalog} (for ORM compatibility). |
Yes |
session_user |
The user connected for the current session. | User in connection string. | No |
time zone |
The default time zone for the current session | UTC |
Yes |
default_transaction_isolation |
The default transaction isolation level for the current session. See Transaction parameters for more details. | Settings in connection string, or "SERIALIZABLE" if not specified. |
Yes |
transaction isolation level |
The isolation level of the current transaction. See Transaction parameters for more details. | SERIALIZABLE |
Yes |
transaction priority |
The priority of the current transaction. See Transaction parameters for more details. | NORMAL |
Yes |
transaction status |
The state of the current transaction. See Transactions for more details. | NoTxn |
No |
server_version |
The version of PostgreSQL that CockroachDB emulates. | Version-dependent. | No |
client_min_messages |
(Reserved; exposed only for ORM compatibility.) | (Reserved) | No |
client_encoding |
(Reserved; exposed only for ORM compatibility.) | (Reserved) | No |
extra_float_digits |
(Reserved; exposed only for ORM compatibility.) | (Reserved) | No |
max_index_keys |
(Reserved; exposed only for ORM compatibility.) | (Reserved) | No |
standard_conforming_strings |
(Reserved; exposed only for ORM compatibility.) | (Reserved) | No |
Special syntax cases supported for compatibility:
| Syntax | Equivalent to |
|---|---|
SHOW TRANSACTION PRIORITY |
SHOW "transaction priority" |
SHOW TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL |
SHOW "transaction isolation level" |
SHOW TIME ZONE |
SHOW "time zone" |
SHOW TRANSACTION STATUS |
SHOW "transaction status" |
Examples
Showing the Value of a Single Session Variable
> SHOW DATABASE;
+----------+
| database |
+----------+
| test |
+----------+
(1 row)
Showing the Value of all Session Variables
> SHOW ALL;
+-------------------------------+--------------+
| Variable | Value |
+-------------------------------+--------------+
| application_name | |
| client_encoding | UTF8 |
| client_min_messages | |
| database | |
| default_transaction_isolation | SERIALIZABLE |
| distsql | off |
| extra_float_digits | |
| max_index_keys | 32 |
| search_path | pg_catalog |
| server_version | 9.5.0 |
| session_user | root |
| standard_conforming_strings | on |
| time zone | UTC |
| transaction isolation level | SERIALIZABLE |
| transaction priority | NORMAL |
| transaction status | NoTxn |
+-------------------------------+--------------+
(16 rows)
See Also
SET(session variable)- Transactions and Transaction parameters
SHOW CLUSTER SETTINGSHOW COLUMNSSHOW CONSTRAINTSSHOW CREATE TABLESHOW CREATE VIEWSHOW DATABASESSHOW GRANTSSHOW INDEXSHOW USERS
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