| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Manfred Koizar <mkoi-pg(at)aon(dot)at>, Aaron Held <aaron(at)MetroNY(dot)com>, Roberto Mello <rmello(at)cc(dot)usu(dot)edu>, Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] CURRENT_TIMESTAMP |
| Date: | 2002-09-24 02:01:06 |
| Message-ID: | 200209240201.g8O216G22740@candle.pha.pa.us |
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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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