CURRENT_USER

Returns the user name and host name combination for the account that the server used to authenticate the current client. This account determines your access privileges. The return value is a string in the utf8 character set.

Syntax

CURRENT_USER()

Examples

SELECT CURRENT_USER();

┌────────────────┐
│ current_user() │
├────────────────┤
│ 'root'@'%'     │
└────────────────┘