On Thu, 2006-08-10 at 09:37, Andy Foster wrote: > Hi all > > I have created the following simple table > > create table NTE_NOTES ( > nte_id int unique not null, > nte_text text not null, > nte_last_updated timestamp not null, > constraint nte_pk primary key (nte_id)); > > If I execute the following sql as a single transaction in the admin > interface or using JDBC it appears that the CURRENT_TIMESTAMP has the same > value for all records including the updated one. Why? Read here: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/functions-datetime.html#FUNCTIONS-DATETIME-CURRENT