In response to Atul.Goel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx : > Hi, > > > > 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. > > > > 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 -- Andreas Kretschmer Kontakt: Heynitz: 035242/47150, D1: 0160/7141639 (mehr: -> Header) GnuPG: 0x31720C99, 1006 CCB4 A326 1D42 6431 2EB0 389D 1DC2 3172 0C99 -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance