>>>>> "Radoslaw" == Radoslaw Stachowiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

    Radoslaw> *** Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Tuesday,
    Radoslaw> 20.February.2001, 11:57 -0500]:
    >> > using now() to init TIMESTAMP fields I got resolution of one
    >> second. How > can I define DEFAULT in column (TIMESTAMP type)
    >> to get higher > time-resolution (TIMESTAMP supports
    >> microseconds).
    >> 
    >> You could make a variant of now() that relies on gettimeofday()
    >> instead of time().  Note that you probably won't get
    >> microsecond precision in any case...

    Radoslaw> Do You mean changing sources and recompiling?  So there
    Radoslaw> is no way of getting more accurate NOW time directly in
    Radoslaw> SQL ?  /DEFAULT clause/ at this moment?

the timeofday function seems to work:

acspg=# select timeofday();
              timeofday              
-------------------------------------
 Wed Feb 21 15:56:43.150389 2001 EST
(1 row)

acspg=# 

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