Resp.: difference between current_timestamp and now() in quotes - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Osvaldo Kussama
Subject Resp.: difference between current_timestamp and now() in quotes
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Msg-id 690707f60901220957l2c392c22pf0237ff52d2c94b4@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: difference between current_timestamp and now() in quotes  (Adrian Klaver <aklaver@comcast.net>)
Responses Re: Resp.: difference between current_timestamp and now() in quotes
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2009/1/22, Adrian Klaver <aklaver@comcast.net>:
> On Thursday 22 January 2009 8:16:46 am Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>> Grzegorz Jaśkiewicz escribió:
>> > test2=# insert into dupa(a) select 'current_timestamp' from
>> > generate_series(1,100);
>> > ERROR:  date/time value "current" is no longer supported
>> > LINE 1: insert into dupa(a) select 'current_timestamp' from generate...
>> >                                    ^
>> > test2=# insert into dupa(a) select 'now()' from generate_series(1,100);
>> > INSERT 0 100
>> >
>> >
>> > Any ideas why the difference ?
>>
>> The parser handles CURRENT_TIMESTAMP (and others) specially, and doesn't
>> recognize it in quotes.  I don't know why 'now()' works; I think it is a
>> literal of type unknown.  I guess it's expanded to the actual value in
>> later parsing stages.
>>
>> --
>> Alvaro Herrera
>> http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
>> PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support
>
> At least on 8.2  'now()' does not work either at least not in the way I
> think
> you want. I get:
>
> test=# SELECT 'now()';
>  ?column?
> ----------
>  now()
> (1 row)
>


Table 8-13. Special Date/Time Inputs
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/interactive/datatype-datetime.html

bdteste=# SELECT 'now'::date, 'yesterday'::date, 'today'::date,
'tomorrow'::date;
    date    |    date    |    date    |    date
------------+------------+------------+------------
 2009-01-22 | 2009-01-21 | 2009-01-22 | 2009-01-23
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