Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> writes: > At http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/sql-set-role.html, we > claim that 'SESSION and LOCAL modifiers act the same as for the > regular SET command', but I don't think that's actually right... I cannot duplicate the behavior you show, in either HEAD or 8.2. Are you *sure* you were inside a transaction block? regards, tom lane