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From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Index on timestamp field, and now()
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Msg-id 200202121811.g1CIBvG01831@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Index on timestamp field, and now()  (Denis Perchine <dyp@perchine.com>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Correct, it's the now() function that's not cachable --- but you can get
> >> around that with the "timestamp 'now'" kluge.
>
> > Isn't CURRENT_TIMESTAMP the preferred method for this?
>
> Doesn't make any difference as far as this point is concerned.
> CURRENT_TIMESTAMP isn't cachable either.

My point was that CURRENT_TIMESTAMP in the more standard way; 'now' is a
PostgreSQL-ism.  Both work fine.

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