Check for value with current_setting()

Question

I\'m trying to work with current_setting().

I came up with this:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION process_audit() RETURNS TRIGGER AS $audit$
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Answer 1

9.6 and newer:

PostgreSQL (9.6+) supports current_setting('setting_name', 't') to fetch a setting and return NULL if it's unset. you can combine this with coalesce to supply a default.

9.5 and older:

Per the question, you can do it with a plpgsql function that uses a BEGIN ... EXCEPTION handler, if you don't mind the performance hit and clumsiness. But there's no built-in support.

Answer 2

Shouldn't you also make a cast? As follows,

user_id := current_setting('hws.current_user_id')::integer;