----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Alex Pilosov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, 18 October 2000 16:21
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] time stops within transaction
> Wow, that is strange.
>
>
> > I just ran into a strangest thing: within transaction, select now() will
> > always return time when transaction started. Same happens with select
> > 'now'::timestamp.
> >
Actually, thats useful since you can put now() into multiple fields in one
transaction.
The alternative is that CURRENT_TIMESTAMP (??? is that the one) which isn't a
function
and stuffs up when trying to use it as a field default or as part of an
expression in a view.
(Comment true for 6.5.3 at least)
Documentation on time constants and how to misuse them is weak...
Regards
