RE: Fairly lame question

2004-08-19 Thread Peter Lovatt
Hi you try setting the column type to TIMESTAMP :) http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/DATETIME.html Peter -Original Message- From: Stuart Felenstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 August 2004 17:50 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fairly lame question I think this can be

Re: Fairly lame question

2004-08-19 Thread V. M. Brasseur
MySQL provides a number of functions for handling dates and times: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Date_and_time_functions.html Cheers, --V Stuart Felenstein wrote: I think this can be done, but tried a few times with no success. I want a column in a table that sets a timestamp. Instead of

Re: Fairly lame question

2004-08-19 Thread Terry Riley
Stuart, If the field is the only (or first) timestamp-type field in the table columns, then the record will automatically have the current date/time inserted when it is added. The only (or first) timestamp field will *also* be updated every time you update the record. View the timestamp