Re: Index on timestamp field, and now()

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Denis Perchine <dyp(at)perchine(dot)com>
Cc: lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Index on timestamp field, and now()
Date: 2002-02-12 15:34:55
Message-ID: 21636.1013528095@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Denis Perchine <dyp(at)perchine(dot)com> writes:
> webmailstation=> explain select * from queue where send_date > timestamp
> 'now';

> But I use a comparison with now() + '20 years'::interval, not with now()...

That's not the example you quoted. More to the point, if you write it
that way then it isn't a constant, at least not in 7.2's limited
understanding of what constant values are. You could work around that
with a custom function marked isCachable; see the archives.

regards, tom lane

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