Shawn,
Monday, July 15, 2002, 5:51:01 PM, you wrote:
SP> I'm new to this list and MySQL, so I hope this question isn't too
SP> rudimentary.
SP> In SQL Server I was able to create a datetime field that used the default
SP> getdate() function so that I woudl get timestamps on all created rows
SP> automatically, like:
SP> create table mytable (
SP> createddate datetime not null default getdate()
SP> )
SP> I'm having trouble doing this in MySQL, but it keeps complaining. All I
SP> have to work on is:
SP> create table mytable (
SP> createddate datetime not null default now()
SP> )
SP> But it doesn't like now(). I can't find anything else to try in the MySQL
SP> docs.
You can't use functions for the default values.
If you want to specify current date and time as a default value, take a
look at TIMESTAMP column type:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/D/A/DATETIME.html
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