On 1/27/2012 6:00 PM, Peter Brawley wrote:
On 1/27/2012 2:24 PM, william drescher wrote:
On 1/27/2012 3:21 PM, Peter Brawley wrote:
On 1/27/2012 11:18 AM, william drescher wrote:
Is there a way to set the default of a date field to the date
the record is generated ?

bill


Use a TIMESTAMP. Default DATE(TIME) columns with Triggers.

PB

When I try
ALTER TABLE `ptInfo` CHANGE `lastQuarterlyReview`
`lastQuarterlyReview` DATE NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
I get:
#1067 - Invalid default value for 'lastQuarterlyReview'

Yes, if you want a default value use a timestamp column.


Thanks Peter


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