chad, Thursday, June 13, 2002, 4:59:13 PM, you wrote: ck> I am sure this is an easy question but I am not thinking clearly for some ck> reason. :^)
ck> If you set a column to auto_Increment. You do not have to put the ck> auto_increment # in the insert statement to get it to be inserted. Mysql ck> does this automatically. ck> Is there a way to have the timestamp automatically inserted when an ck> insert statement is run? The timestamp of the insert statement. If you insert into TIMESTAMP column NULL values, current date and time will be inserted. mysql> create table mytime( -> mytime timestamp); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec) mysql> insert into mytime values(NULL); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec) mysql> select * from mytime; +----------------+ | mytime | +----------------+ | 20020613103946 | +----------------+ 1 row in set (0.01 sec) ck> thanks for the help, ck> chad -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php