Re: Freezing localtimestamp and other time function on some value

I think PG does fixed time within a tran. check the output of the following sql

begin;
select now() ;
select pg_sleep(10);
select now() ;
commit;
select now() ;
select pg_sleep(10);
select now() ;
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On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 6:50 AM, Alex Ignatov <a.ignatov@postgrespro.ru> wrote:
> Hello!
> Is there any method to freeze localtimestamp and other time function value.
> Say after freezing on some value sequential calls to these functions give
> you the same value over and over again.
> This  is useful primarily for testing.
>
> In oracle there is alter system set fixed_date command. Have Postgres this
> functionality?
>
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