On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 21:00, John Siracusa wrote: > How can I create a non-null date column that defaults to 'now' as computed > at the time the row is inserted?
The default should be either CURRENT_DATE or timeofday()::DATE The difference is that CURRENT_TIME, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP and CURRENT_DATE remain the same within a transaction even if the time or date changes, whereas timeofday() always returns the current clock time. -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight, UK http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== "And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." Deuteronomy 6:5 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
