Re: [off-topic] obtaining the user's group

Tom Lane wrote:
> miguel angel rojas aquino  writes:
> 
>>hi, i'm looking for the way to obtain the group to which belongs a 
>>database user, something like "SELECT USER" to obtain the current user 
>>name but for the group.
> 
> 
> Uh, this doesn't seem well-defined.  A user could belong to many groups,
> or none.
> 
> 			regards, tom lane
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so, there is no easy way to get this one, right?

i was trying to get the user group so my app could determine the options
that would be showed to the user, but maybe i'll need to implement my
own user/groups tables, right?

as always, thanks a lot for your help, and best whishes