Hi Paul,
I am getting below error while executing the trigger you shared. May be because 
of new FB version? I am executing using FlamRobin tool.
Please see error below:
*** IBPP::SQLException ***Context: Statement::Prepare( create trigger before 
update on Table_Nameasbeginif (new.col3 is distinct from old.col3)then new.col5 
= current_timestamp )Message: isc_dsql_prepare failed
SQL Message : -104can't format message 13:896 -- message file 
C:\Windows\system32\firebird.msg not found
Engine Code    : 335544569Engine Message :Dynamic SQL ErrorSQL error code = 
-104Token unknown - line 1, column 23update
 

    On Wednesday, 9 August 2017 3:15 PM, "Paul Vinkenoog p...@vinkenoog.nl 
[firebird-support]" <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 

     Hello Vishal,

> I have one table say "MyTable", which has five columns, say Col1,
> Col2,...,Col5 and it has 10 rows. Col5 is of Timestamp.
> 
> My issue is, whenever I am updating Col3, that time, only for that row
> of Col5, Timestamp value should be updated to the current timestamp.
> 
> What would be the best option for this?
> 
> If trigger is the best way then how would I do it? As I never worked
> on Triggers.

Yes, a trigger is definitely the way to go, e.g. like this:

set term #;
 create trigger before update on MyTable
 as
 begin
 if (new.col3 is distinct from old.col3)
 then new.col5 = current_timestamp;
 end#
 set term ;#

If col3 is non-nullable you can simply use "new.col3 <> old.col3" in the 
test.

Mind you, an explicit update that re-enters the existing value in col3 
won't cause col5 to be updated!

HTH,

Paul Vinkenoog

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