Re: OK - Simple Timestamps problem getting the better of me!

2002-01-05 Thread DL Neil
David, My system (3.23.40-nt and MySQL-Front 1.18b as client) produces (what I think is) the desired result using both/either the NULL or NOW() alternatives - NOW (without function parentheses) is not recognised. However the INSERT statement below does not work without the addition of the

OK - Simple Timestamps problem getting the better of me!

2002-01-04 Thread David Ayliffe
I have created a test table with: CREATE TABLE TimeTest ( Time1 TIMESTAMP(4), Time2 TIMESTAMP(8), Time3 TIMESTAMP(10), Time4 TIMESTAMP(12), Time5 TIMESTAMP(14)); This works fine! No problemo Now ALL I am trying to do is insert the current time and date into each field in the table!! That's

RE: OK - Simple Timestamps problem getting the better of me!

2002-01-04 Thread David Ayliffe
NO, not originally but I have now and it seems to make no difference! Any other ideas? -Original Message- From: Bogdan Stancescu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 05 January 2002 00:12 To: David Ayliffe Cc: 'MySQL' Subject: Re: OK - Simple Timestamps problem getting the better of me

Re: OK - Simple Timestamps problem getting the better of me!

2002-01-04 Thread Bogdan Stancescu
? -Original Message- From: Bogdan Stancescu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 05 January 2002 00:12 To: David Ayliffe Cc: 'MySQL' Subject: Re: OK - Simple Timestamps problem getting the better of me! Did you define the columns as NOT NULL? Bogdan David Ayliffe wrote: I have

Re: OK - Simple Timestamps problem getting the better of me!

2002-01-04 Thread Paul DuBois
At 23:41 + 1/4/02, David Ayliffe wrote: I have created a test table with: CREATE TABLE TimeTest ( Time1 TIMESTAMP(4), Time2 TIMESTAMP(8), Time3 TIMESTAMP(10), Time4 TIMESTAMP(12), Time5 TIMESTAMP(14)); This works fine! No problemo Now ALL I am trying to do is insert the current time and

Re: OK - Simple Timestamps problem getting the better of me!

2002-01-04 Thread Paul DuBois
My response below is incorrect, with regard to the NULL behavior. MySQL will insert the current time and date for a TIMESTAMP only for the first column *if* you omit the columns from the INSERT statement. If you set the column to NULL explicitly, MySQL should set any TIMESTAMP to the current