Re: [GENERAL] CURRENT_TIMESTAMP

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: John Hasler <john(at)dhh(dot)gt(dot)org>, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
Date: 2002-09-24 03:44:37
Message-ID: 9823.1032839077@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Can I add TODO items for this:
> o Make CURRENT_TIMESTAMP/now() return statement start time
> o Add TRANSACTION_TIMESTAMP to return transaction start time

I object to both of those as phrased. If you have already unilaterally
determined the design of this feature change, then go ahead and put that
in. But I'd suggest

o Revise current-time functions to allow access to statement
start time

which doesn't presuppose the vote about how to do it.

regards, tom lane

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