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Command-line options, or previous "ALTER (ROLE|DATABASE) ... SET ROLE ..." commands, can change the value of the default role for a session. In the presence of one of these, RESET ROLE will change the current user identifier to the default role rather than the session user identifier. Fix the documentation to reflect this reality. Backpatch to all supported versions. Author: Nathan Bossart Reviewed-By: Laurenz Albe, David G. Johnston, Joe Conway Reported by: Nathan Bossart Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/flat/925134DB-8212-4F60-8AB1-B1231D750CB4%40amazon.com Backpatch-through: 9.6
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