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gomathi raju <gomathi_raju@usa.net> — 2000-05-24T15:37:27Z

Hi friends,

I want to get the system timestamp from postgresql database.
But I dont have a dual table from where ,I can select it.
Give me a solution, from which table(system) I can get it.

Regards,
gomathi

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Re: [HACKERS]

Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk> — 2000-05-24T22:40:57Z

On Mon, Jun 30, 2036 at 10:05:43PM -0600, gomathi raju wrote:
> Hi friends,
> 
> I want to get the system timestamp from postgresql database.
> But I dont have a dual table from where ,I can select it.
> Give me a solution, from which table(system) I can get it.

Could this be what you want?

template1=# select CURRENT_TIMESTAMP;
       timestamp        
------------------------
 2000-05-24 23:40:19+01


Cheers,

Patrick

Re: [HACKERS]

Chris Bitmead <chrisb@nimrod.itg.telstra.com.au> — 2000-05-25T00:02:37Z

gomathi raju wrote:
> 
> Hi friends,
> 
> I want to get the system timestamp from postgresql database.
> But I dont have a dual table from where ,I can select it.
> Give me a solution, from which table(system) I can get it.

Are you talking about 
SELECT 'now'
?

Re: [SQL]

Michael A. Mayo <mmayo@mcauleybrooklyn.org> — 2000-05-25T04:54:38Z

----- Original Message -----
From: "gomathi raju" <gomathi_raju@usa.net>
> I want to get the system timestamp from postgresql database.
> But I dont have a dual table from where ,I can select it.
> Give me a solution, from which table(system) I can get it.

No need to get it from a system table; it is available as a sort of "global
constant," current_timestamp.

Use it like this:

SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP;

See the book at: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/awbook.html for more
information.

                -Mike