Re: [GENERAL] Date & Time

From: <kaiq(at)realtyideas(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Ed Loehr <ELOEHR(at)austin(dot)rr(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Date & Time
Date: 1999-12-02 22:04:50
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.10.9912021600530.27385-100000@picasso.realtyideas.com
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in ""current" implementation", I mean the implementation of "current". OK,
my fault again. I'm beaten :-) thanks

for 6.5.1 that I'm using, it is: "datetime default now()"

> > I agree. my fault. sql92 constant is "global", it should
not be in single
> > quotation mark, while pg's "now" is datetime's constant, it should be in
> > single quotation mark.
> >
> > seems we do not need now/now() anymore!!!
> >
> > seems that the problem/feature is the "current" implementation: it only
> > compare the beginning of the word. interesting!
> >
>
> Ah, but look at this under current tree:
>
> test=> create table kk (x datetime default current_timestamp);
> CREATE
> test=> \d kk
> Table "kk"
> Attribute | Type | Extra
> -----------+----------+------------------------------------------
> x | datetime | default timestamp(datetime('now'::text))
>
> Internally, it is using 'now'.
>
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