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

Reply via email to