I would use a trigger (at least for the update)....

The first insert should work with now() and you can leave lastupdateted
empty


Olaf


On 9/4/07 3:01 PM, "Hiep Nguyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi list,
> 
> i tried to create a table with inserted & lastupdated timestamp fields:
> 
> create table temp (
> id int not null primary ke auto_increment,
> data varchar(100),
> inserted timestamp default now(),
> lastupdated timestamp(8));
> 
> 
> how do i get mysql to put in the current timestamp for inserted &
> lastupdated fields when i insert a record and only lastupdated when i
> update the record?
> 
> thanks,
> T. Hiep
> 


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