Why does the MySQL built-in function 'current_user()' return a hostname containing a '%' symbol?

Question

Does MySQL have built in function to get host name?

Similar to

select user(); //this returns  user@userip

Edit:

select current_user(); //returns user@10.0.3.%

Last symbol is % -- why?

Answer 1

select current_user(); returns user@10.0.3.% last simbol is % why ??

the % is the record in mysql.user that match your current login

which can be derived from

select concat(user, '@', host) from mysql.user;

the % is determined by host value.

Answer 2

SELECT @@hostname;

--mysql 4.1 didn't have this one.

Answer 3

wouldn't his work?

select substring_index(user(),'@', -1) as hostname;

The above is wrong, it returns the user's IP not host's. I was fooled by testing on local. Sorry about that.

---

I guess this returns host name, but this wouldn't be useful unless you are ready to grep, pipe and cut Just a FYI:

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Server version          5.0.77
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TCP port                3306
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Answer 4

If you want the hostname of the database server, you can use SHOW VARIABLES:

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'hostname';

+---------------+-------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+---------------+-------+
| hostname      | munda |
+---------------+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

It's not a built-in function so it can't be used in a SELECT statement.

Answer 5

Are you looking for CURRENT_USER function.

Returns the user name and host name combination for the MySQL account that the server used to authenticate the current client. This account determines your access privileges.

The value of CURRENT_USER() can differ from the value of USER().

Answer 6

You can use user() and current_user() functions. If you want only hostname do something like select substr(current_user(),LOCATE('@', current_user())+1) AS localhost;
You can find details here

Answer 7

The @@hostname variable contains the system hostname:

$ cat /etc/hostname
bruno

$ hostname
bruno

$ mysql
mysql> SELECT @@hostname;
+------------+
| @@hostname |
+------------+
| bruno      |
+------------+

Note that this can be combined and used in other queries:

mysql> SELECT name, @@hostname FROM people;
+-------+-------------+
| name  | @@hostname  |
+-------+-------------+
| Dotan | bruno       |
+-------+-------------+

mysql> SELECT CONCAT('I am on server ', @@hostname);
+---------------------------------------+
| CONCAT('I am on server ', @@hostname) |
+---------------------------------------+
| I am on server bruno                  |
+---------------------------------------+