Josh Berkus wrote: > > Tom, Bruce, > > > > A possible compromise is to dissociate now() and current_timestamp, > > > allowing the former to be start of transaction and the latter to be > > > start of client command. > > > > I was thinking 'transaction_timestamp' for the transaction start time, and > > current_timestamp for the statement start time. I would equate now() > > with current_timestamp. > > May I point out that this will break compatibility for those used to the > current behavior?
I am not saying we have to make that change. My point is that our current behavior may not be the most intuitive, and that most people may prefer a change. Any such change would be documented in the release notes. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
