How can you make a difference between now('statement'), and
now('immediate').
To me they are the same thing. Why not simply now() for transaction, and
now('CLOCK') or better yet system_clock() or clock() for curent time.
JLL
Josh Berkus wrote:
>
> Tom,
>
> > I'd be happier with the whole thing if anyone had exhibited a convincing
> > use-case for statement timestamp. So far I've not seen any actual
> > examples of situations that are not better served by either transaction
> > timestamp or true current time. And the spec is perfectly clear that
> > CURRENT_TIMESTAMP does not mean true current time...
>
> Are we still planning on putting the three different versions of now() on the
> TODO? I.e.,
> now('transaction'),
> now('statement'), and
> now('immediate')
> With now() = now('transaction')?
>
> I still think it's a good idea, provided that we have some easy means to
> determine now('statement').
>
> --
> -Josh Berkus
> Aglio Database Solutions
> San Francisco
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