On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:36:59 -0700, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
wrote:
>I, for one, would judge that the start time of the statement is "during the
>execution"; it would only NOT be "during the execution" if it was a value
>*before* the start time of the statement. It's a semantic argument.
Josh, you're right, I meant closed interval.
>Further, we could not change that behaviour without breaking many people's
>applications.
>
>Ideally, since we get this question a lot, that a compile-time or
>execution-time switch to change the behavior of current_timestamp
>contextually would be nice.
Yes, GUC!
>We just need someone who;s interested enough in
>writing one.
First we need someone who decyphers SQL99's wording.
ServusManfred
