I'm pretty sure in 7.0 postgres, (but I may be wrong) you could insert directly from a perl script something like this: $time = time; # this gives epoch seconds $sql = "insert into mytable values(..., timestamp($time), ...) ";
And then the $sql string would run with the DBI call, etc. When I tried the same script on 7.2, it would not take it. I think I once found another way to do it in 7.2. Of course, I can create a formatted string in perl that will be accepted by the insert, but it seems inefficient to have to do it through strings. Boyd tbmooreATbealenetDOTcom ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])