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Re: question about default value and timestamp



am  26.07.2006, um  7:26:09 +0200 mailte Christian Rengstl folgendes:
> Hi list,
> 
> i have a table with a column where the default value is
> current_timestamp, but somehow all the tuples (around 8.000.000) have
> the same timestamp, which is, honestly speaking, not what i intended
> to do. So is the current_timestamp function only executed when the
> insert statement starts? I mean of course i can change it and insert

No, but when the _Transaction_ starts. You can use timeofday() instead.


HTH, Andreas
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