Re: now() does not change within a transaction

Christoph Haller wrote:
> Hi pgsql-sql list, 
> I did some testing around tables using a column 
> timestamp with time zone not null default now(). 
> I have noticed a valuable feature: 
> As long as being inside a transaction initiated by 
> begin; 
> the return value of the now() function does not change. 
> Is this intended - as written in the documentation? 
> Can I rely on it, so future releases of PostgreSQL 
> will act the same. 

Yes, this is intended and will not change.

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