From: codeWarrior <GPatnude@adelphia.net>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: automatic time/user stamp - rule or trigger?
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 15:38:52 -0800
Message-ID: <b1s6rm$1c1b$1@news.hub.org> (raw)
References: <b1r864$2mpp$1@news.hub.org>
You're doing update right ??? Just update the column... It's even easier if,
when you do your updates... You just:
UPDATE blah SET field = value,...., updatestamp = 'Now()' WHERE
condition...
GP
"Neal Lindsay" <neal.lindsay@peaofohio.com> wrote in message
news:b1r864$2mpp$1@news.hub.org...
> I have a table that I want to keep track of the user who last modified
> it and the timestamp of the modification. Should I use a trigger or a
rule?
>
> CREATE TABLE stampedtable (
> stampedtableid SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
> updatestamp timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
> updateuser name NOT NULL DEFAULT current_user,
> sometext text
> );
>
> I suspect that I want a rule, but all the examples in the documentation
> seem to update a separate table and not override (or add) the
> insert/update to the timestamp and name columns.
>
> Thanks,
> -Neal
>
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