Doc: caution against misuse of 'now' and related datetime literals.
authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Sat, 17 Oct 2020 20:02:47 +0000 (16:02 -0400)
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Sat, 17 Oct 2020 20:02:47 +0000 (16:02 -0400)
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Doc: caution against misuse of 'now' and related datetime literals.

Section 8.5.1.4, which defines these literals, made only a vague
reference to the fact that they might be evaluated too soon to be
safe in non-interactive contexts.  Provide a more explicit caution
against misuse.  Also, generalize the wording in the related tip in
section 9.9.4: while it clearly described this problem, it implied
(or really, stated outright) that the problem only applies to table
DEFAULT clauses.

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