On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 10:21, Thomas Hallgren wrote: > Christopher J. Bottaro wrote: > > Alvaro Herrera wrote: > > Ahh, thanks for the tip. I guess I'll just stick with > > timeofday()::timestamp...its more concise anyways... > > > > Why use timeofday() at all? Why not now(). It will return a timestamptz > without casts. I think you missed the first part of the conversation, which was he needed a type that updated inside a transaction: # begin; # select timeofday()::timestamptz; 2005-04-21 10:59:58.181834-05 # select now(); 2005-04-21 10:59:50.286865-05 # select timeofday()::timestamptz; 2005-04-21 11:00:04.821057-05 # select now(); 2005-04-21 10:59:50.286865-05 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings