On 2010-05-18, Kenneth Marshall <k...@rice.edu> wrote:
> I am trying to write a function that updates the
> date column to the current date. According to:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/functions-datetime.html#FUNCTIONS-DATETIME-CURRENT
>
> you can use CURRENT_DATE. When I try to use it in
> the following pl/pgSQL function it gives the error:
>
> ERROR: date/time value "current" is no longer supported
> CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function "merge_data" line 4 at assignment
>
> Here is the code I am using:
>
> CREATE FUNCTION merge_data(key INT, i INT) RETURNS
> VOID AS
> $$
> DECLARE
> curtime date;
> BEGIN
> curtime := 'CURRENT_DATE';
use one of
CURRENT_DATE
'today'
NOW()
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
'now'
there are probably others which will work too.
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