Wouter,
Friday, June 14, 2002, 4:53:20 PM, you wrote:

WvV> I'm having a slight problem with the timestamp column format. When I alter a
WvV> table and, add a column of type timestamp all records get the current
WvV> timestamp, that's ok. When i insert a new row, all records get the current
WvV> timestamp. That too is ok. But now, when I update one row of the table, that
WvV> row gets a new timestamp. And that's not what i'd like it to do. Does
WvV> somebody have any idea on how this can be prevented?

WvV> I've tried to make the column of type int(14) and then set now() or
WvV> UNIX_TIMESTAMP as default value, but that just results in a very well known
WvV> error 1064 (You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'NOW()' at line 1).

You can add one more TIMESTAMP column or take a look at DATETIME column and use 
functon NOW():
       http://www.mysql.com/doc/D/A/DATETIME.html

    
WvV> Thanks !
WvV> Wouter






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