At 5:18 PM -0700 8/23/01, Igbar Foosenhopper wrote:
>Is it possible to use current_date (mysql function) to generate a
>default for a column?
No. Defaults must be constants.
http://www.mysql.com/doc/C/R/CREATE_TABLE.html
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>If so .. what would the syntax look like. I have tried several things
>and it doesn't seem to like it.
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>If not .. how could I generate a default of todays date (of course
>dependent on the date of insert)?
Use a TIMESTAMP, which gets the current date and time automatically
if you set it to NULL or leave it out of the INSERT statement altogether.
Alternative, use a DATETIME and set it to NOW() when you insert a
record.
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>Thanks
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>Best regards,
> Igbar mailto:IgbarFoosenhopper@stripped
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