"John D. Burger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> mycol timestamp default now() >> or >> mycol timestamp default current_timestamp
> And both of these return start time of the current transaction, yes? > Is it the case that there is no SQL-standard way to get the current > time? AFAIK the spec doesn't really define the meaning of current_timestamp all that closely. I believe there's a patch in the queue to add some additional nonstandard functions for current time and start of current interactive command, though. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match