"Scott Purcell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 06/07/2005 04:29:56 PM:
> Hello, > I am trying to create simple reference table for some cookies I am > creating. I wanted to put in a current_timestamp each time I do an > insert so I can delete this data after 2 or 3 weeks. > Here is the insert statement: > CREATE TABLE COOKIE_REF (cookie_ref varchar(50), dat timestamp > default current_timestamp) > I am trying to insert the below statement, but it fails with a 1064 > Error Code : 1064 > You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that > corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use > near 'current_timestamp)' at line 1 > (0 ms taken) > > I am running version 4.0.15-max-debug on windows. and following this > link but It will not work. What can I be doing wrong? > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/datetime.html > > Thanks, > Scott You are not reading far enough http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/create-table.html >>>> The DEFAULT clause specifies a default value for a column. With one exception, the default value must be a constant; it cannot be a function or an expression. This means, for example, that you cannot set the default for a date column to be the value of a function such as NOW() or CURRENT_DATE. The exception is that you can specify CURRENT_TIMESTAMP as the default for a TIMESTAMP column as of MySQL 4.1.2. See Section 11.3.1.2, “TIMESTAMP Properties as of MySQL 4.1”. <<<< You are not running 4.1.2 or newer, that's why you are getting an error trying to set the default value for a timestamp column. Shawn Green Database Administrator Unimin Corporation - Spruce Pine
