| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | pgsql: Doc: caution against misuse of 'now' and related datetime litera |
| Date: | 2020-10-17 20:03:09 |
| Message-ID: | E1kTsQ1-0003UP-Lf@gemulon.postgresql.org |
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Doc: caution against misuse of 'now' and related datetime literals.
Section 8.5.1.4, which defines these literals, made only a vague
reference to the fact that they might be evaluated too soon to be
safe in non-interactive contexts. Provide a more explicit caution
against misuse. Also, generalize the wording in the related tip in
section 9.9.4: while it clearly described this problem, it implied
(or really, stated outright) that the problem only applies to table
DEFAULT clauses.
Per gripe from Tijs van Dam. Back-patch to all supported branches.
Branch
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REL9_5_STABLE
Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/d74ed6fe6e9314d47f0a995227df896b28cea822
Modified Files
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doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
doc/src/sgml/func.sgml | 8 +++++---
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
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