From: Dan McGrath <dmcgrath19@home.com>
Subject: Re: Trigger question
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 18:20:09 -0500
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To: Dave Wedwick <news@wedwick.com>
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Actually, a default of now() would be perfectly providing you created a rule to
trap insert's and updates and remove the setting for that time/date from being
inserted so as to have the db use the dfault which I think is far easier that
making a silly trigger for something so simple.

Dan

Dave Wedwick wrote:

> One person suggested setting now() as default.
>
> That would work sometimes, but I have a situation where the user program is
> updating the default field with 0.  now() never gets into the field.
>
> So, regardless of what the user enters, I want now() to be updated, and I
> guess it would be via a trigger...
>
> Thanks!
>
> Dave Wedwick wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > I have a table with an int4 field called inserttime.  Regardless of what
> > the user enters in this field, I want a trigger to put now() into it.
> >
> > What's the syntax for the trigger?
> >
> > Thanks!