Function SESSION_USER in SQL Server

This article will show you in detail how to use SESSION_USER function in SQL Server with specific syntax and examples to better visualize and capture functions.

Describe

The SESSION_USER statement returns the username of the current session in the SQL Server database.

Syntax

To use the SESSION_USER statement in SQL Server, we use the following syntax:

 SESSION_USER 
  1. There are no parameters and arguments in the statement.

Note :

  1. Do not put parentheses () after the SESSION_USER function.
  2. See also CURRENT_USER, USER_NAME and SYSTEM_USER functions.
  3. SESSION_USER can be used in later versions of SQL Server: SQL Server 2017, SQL Server 2016, SQL Server 2014, SQL Server 2012, SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2008, and SQL Server 2005.

For example

See how to use the SESSION_USER statement in SQL Server.

 SELECT SESSION_USER; 
Result: 'quantrimang'

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