create table and default 'now' problem ?

From: Oleg Bartunov <oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: create table and default 'now' problem ?
Date: 1999-09-20 21:50:19
Message-ID: Pine.GSO.3.96.SK.990921014729.24490A-100000@ra
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Hi,

how I could create table with datetime field default to 'now'::text in
a way Jan did in his shoes rule example ?

If I do:
test=> create table test ( a datetime default 'now', b int4);
CREATE
test=> insert into test (b) values (1);
INSERT 1677899 1
test=> insert into test (b) values (2);
INSERT 1677900 1
test=> select * from test;
a |b
----------------------------+-
Tue 21 Sep 01:48:27 1999 MSD|1
Tue 21 Sep 01:48:27 1999 MSD|2
(2 rows)

I always get datetime of the moment I created the table, but I'd like
to have datetime of moment I insert.

Regards,

Oleg

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Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University (Russia)
Internet: oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/
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