Re: How to insert CURDATE() as default

2005-12-30 Thread Marc
Thanks, Danny. This "little info" was all I needed. It works perfectly now. Have a Happy New Year! --Marc On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 10:28 +0100, Danny Stolle wrote: > Marc, > > In MySql (I am using 4.1.9 and 4.1.15; so i am not sure about 5) it is > not possible to use functions as default values

Re: How to insert CURDATE() as default

2005-12-30 Thread Danny Stolle
Marc, In MySql (I am using 4.1.9 and 4.1.15; so i am not sure about 5) it is not possible to use functions as default values; you could create: create table tester (f_date date default curdate()); But this doesn;t work. You have to struggle through your knoda how to present the current date. B

How to insert CURDATE() as default

2005-12-29 Thread Marc
I forgot to mention - I'm running MySQL 4.0.14 on Linux. And I'm not very knowledgeable on databases. I just use MySQL with Knoda to get the job done. == I've got a MySQL table that I'd like to have the current date, CURDATE(), as the default in a column. I'm using knoda t

How to insert CURDATE() as default

2005-12-29 Thread Marc
I've got a MySQL table that I'd like to have the current date, CURDATE(), as the default in a column. I'm using knoda to worj with this table. How do I use knoda to get this done? I can enter CURDATE() in the default using the GridColumns button, but all that does is insert the phrase "CURDATE()".