Re: constraints evaluate 'now' immediately
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: rw@mindark.com, pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
Date: 2000-10-16T20:06:03Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs
pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org writes: > I would like a constraint stating that a column may not have a date in the future: > CHECK(my_date <= 'now') > but I think it stores the time of constraint creation. Yes, because 'now' is evaluated when the constant is parsed. Try CHECK(my_date <= now()) instead. regards, tom lane