On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 09:25:20AM +0100, Per Jensen wrote: > Den Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 03:13:04AM -0000 eller der omkring skrev Andrew - > Supernews: > > On 2004-12-07, Stephen Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there a way to say "just take the value of this function at the start > > > of the transaction and then have it be constant" in a query? > > > > Why not use CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, etc., which do exactly that? > > Because when using transactions, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP does not advance, but is > fixed > to time of session start
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP is fixed to the time of transaction start, not session start; this is documented and observable behavior. Can you demonstrate otherwise? If so, on what version of PostgreSQL? -- Michael Fuhr http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
