am Mon, dem 16.10.2006, um 14:56:27 -0400 mailte Harpreet Dhaliwal folgendes:
> Hi,
> I have a timestamp field in my table and want to set a default value of current
> date/time for it.
> What should i enter as its default value? is there any function like now() in
> postgres?
Yes, now() ;-)
test=# create table foo (id int, ts timestamp default now());
CREATE TABLE
test=# insert into foo (id, ts) values (1, default);
INSERT 0 1
test=# select * from foo;
id | ts
----+---------------------------
1 | 2006-10-16 21:18:15.75039
(1 row)
Andreas
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