Authorization

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To control authorization, you can use the SET statement.

SET PASSWORD

This statement allows to change connection credentials, but does not perform a  re-authentication:

SET PASSWORD 'someval';;

SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION

This s tatement performs a reauthentication given the credentials currently set on the connection:

SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION 'newuser';;