Samuel Stearns <sstea...@internode.com.au> writes: > I have an archiving script running in an 8.3 environment using > transaction_timestamp() for the INSERT and DELETE operations. I want to run > the same thing in an 8.1 environment but transaction_timestamp() does not > exist in 8.1. now() will not work because of the time that elapses between > the INSERT and DELETE operations (I will end up losing some data). Does > anyone have any suggestions, please?
Um ... transaction_timestamp() is exactly the same thing as now(). Perhaps you need to go re-read http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/functions-datetime.html#FUNCTIONS-DATETIME-CURRENT regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin