| From: | Oliver Elphick <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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| To: | siracusa(at)mindspring(dot)com |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL general list <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Date column that defaults to 'now' |
| Date: | 2004-01-05 21:18:15 |
| Message-ID: | 1073337495.25138.1379.camel@linda.lfix.co.uk |
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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.
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