From: Christoph Haller <ch@rodos.fzk.de>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 14:08:29 +0200
Message-ID: <3D9055BD.5AA86176@rodos.fzk.de> (raw)
>
> Christoph Haller wrote:
> > Hi pgsql-sql list,
> > I did some testing around tables using a column
> > timestamp with time zone not null default now().
> > I have noticed a valuable feature:
> > As long as being inside a transaction initiated by
> > begin;
> > the return value of the now() function does not change.
> > Is this intended - as written in the documentation?
> > Can I rely on it, so future releases of PostgreSQL
> > will act the same.
>
> Yes, this is intended and will not change.
>
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I vote the now() behaviour not to change.
Regards, Christoph
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