On Tuesday 26 Nov 2002 1:54 pm, Rison, Stuart wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to time a pl/sql function using a rougn and ready method,
> basically: print a TIMESTAMP at the begining of the function, print a
> TIMESTAMP at the end of the function.
[snip]
> Gives me:
>
> testdb2=# select timer();
> NOTICE: Start: 2002-11-26 13:40:14.116605+00
> NOTICE: End: 2002-11-26 13:40:14.116605+00
> I've tried all sorts of variations but I hit one of two problems; either
> the TIMESTAMP is fixed to the function compile time or, as above, the
> timer1 and timer2 TIMESTAMPs are always identical.
Try timeofday() not now(). Quite often you want the time to stay fixed for the
length of a transaction (what now() does). In this case you don't - see the
Functions : date/time section of the manual for details.
-- Richard Huxton