Re: now() gives same time within the session - Mailing list pgsql-performance

In response to Atul.Goel@globaldatapoint.com :
> Hi,
>
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>
> I need to log the start and end time of the procedures in a table. But the
> start and end time are same. This is how I recreated the issue.
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> create table test_time (time timestamp);
>
> delete from  test_time;
>
> insert into test_time select now();


Use timeofday() instead, now() returns the transaction starting time.

BEGIN
test=*# select now();
              now
-------------------------------
 2010-07-12 13:13:28.907043+02
(1 row)

test=*# select timeofday();
              timeofday
--------------------------------------
 Mon Jul 12 13:13:36.187703 2010 CEST
(1 row)

test=*# select now();
              now
-------------------------------
 2010-07-12 13:13:28.907043+02
(1 row)

test=*#


Regards, Andreas
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