Re: [SQL] CURRENT_TIMESTAMP

Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>

From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>, Manfred Koizar <mkoi-pg@aon.at>, Roland Roberts <roland@astrofoto.org>, pgsql-sql@postgresql.org, pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2002-09-29T19:43:45Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers, pgsql-general, pgsql-sql
Tom,

> I'd be happier with the whole thing if anyone had exhibited a convincing
> use-case for statement timestamp.  So far I've not seen any actual
> examples of situations that are not better served by either transaction
> timestamp or true current time.  And the spec is perfectly clear that
> CURRENT_TIMESTAMP does not mean true current time...

Are we still planning on putting the three different versions of now() on the 
TODO?  I.e.,
now('transaction'),
now('statement'), and
now('immediate')
With now() = now('transaction')?

I still think it's a good idea, provided that we have some easy means to 
determine now('statement').

-- 
-Josh Berkus
 Aglio Database Solutions
 San Francisco