Re: now() gives same time within the session

In response to Atul(dot)Goel(at)globaldatapoint(dot)com :
> Hi,
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> I need to log the start and end time of the procedures in a table. But the
> start and end time are same. This is how I recreated the issue.
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> create table test_time (time timestamp);
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> delete from test_time;
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> insert into test_time select now();

Use timeofday() instead, now() returns the transaction starting time.

BEGIN
test=*# select now();
now
-------------------------------
2010-07-12 13:13:28.907043+02
(1 row)

test=*# select timeofday();
timeofday
--------------------------------------
Mon Jul 12 13:13:36.187703 2010 CEST
(1 row)

test=*# select now();
now
-------------------------------
2010-07-12 13:13:28.907043+02
(1 row)

test=*#

Regards, Andreas
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