Roland Roberts wrote: > >>>>> "Ross" == Ross J Reedstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Ross> Oh, interesting datapoint. Let me get this clear - on > Ross> oracle, the equivalent of: > > Well, I've never gone off to lunch in the middle, but in Oracle 7, I > had transactions which definitely took as much as a few minutes to > complete where the timestamp on every row committed was the same.
Can you run a test: BEGIN; SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP; wait 5 seconds SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP; Are the two times the same? -- 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 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org