On Mon, 2004-03-01 at 21:18, Louie Kwan wrote: > How can I define a table with columns with sysdate as the default value.. > > If there is no SYSDATE defined in PostgreSQL , what can I do ?
> CREATE TABLE channels ( ... > updateTimeStamp DATE default (SYSDATE), > createTimeStamp DATE default (SYSDATE) > ); updateTimeStamp DATE DEFAULT CURRENT_DATE or possibly updateTimeStamp TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP which will give you time as well as date. Perhaps you should also add NOT NULL. CURRENT_* doesn't change within a transaction. If you need to record real time, use timeofday(). ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
