From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: josh@agliodbs.com
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Manfred Koizar <mkoi-pg@aon.at>
Cc: Aaron Held <aaron@MetroNY.com>
Cc: Roberto Mello <rmello@cc.usu.edu>
Cc: Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 22:01:06 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <200209240201.g8O216G22740@candle.pha.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200209231853.36530.josh@agliodbs.com>
Josh Berkus wrote:
>
> Tom, Bruce,
>
> > > A possible compromise is to dissociate now() and current_timestamp,
> > > allowing the former to be start of transaction and the latter to be
> > > start of client command.
> >
> > I was thinking 'transaction_timestamp' for the transaction start time, and
> > current_timestamp for the statement start time. I would equate now()
> > with current_timestamp.
>
> May I point out that this will break compatibility for those used to the
> current behavior?
I am not saying we have to make that change. My point is that our
current behavior may not be the most intuitive, and that most people may
prefer a change. Any such change would be documented in the release
notes.
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