At 11:15 -0600 11/14/02, Greg Macek wrote:
>Thanks for the tip! Looks like I can change my date_archived field to
>timestamp(8), since all I care about for this is the date information
>(actual time is useless to me). My sql query all of a sudden got a lot
>simpler. Thanks again for the help!
TIMESTAMP values are always stored to the full 14 digits. The 8
affects display only, though that appears to be exactly what you want.
>
>
>On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 11:07, Matthew Baranowski wrote:
>> Hey Greg:
>>
>> A slightly easier way to do this is to use a "timestamp" field. Timestamp is
>> just a standard mysql data type. When a record is added, it records the
>> current time. When a record is updated, the timestamp field will be set to
>> the time of the update.
>>
>> http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/DATETIME.html
>> The TIMESTAMP column type provides a type that you can use to automatically
>> mark INSERT or UPDATE operations with the current date and time. If you have
>> multiple TIMESTAMP columns, only the first one is updated automatically.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Matt
>>
>> Matthew P Baranowski
>> Data Manager, Office of Educational Assessment
> > University of Washington
