Re: automatically updated an attribute with the current time

From: "Jules Alberts" <julesa(at)arbodienst-limburg(dot)nl>
To: <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: automatically updated an attribute with the current time
Date: 2002-01-23 11:27:38
Message-ID: 200201231136.g0NBa2M2006052@artemis.cuci.nl
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On 22 Jan 2002 at 12:02, Mark Bleeker wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to automatically update an attribute with the current time.
<snip>

from one newbie to another :)

i just figured it out yesterday:

-------------------------------------------------------
-- this is a templatetable, other tables inherit their
-- audit columns from it
drop table au_col;
create table au_col (
mut_id varchar(100) not null default current_user,
mut_timestamp timestamp not null default CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
);

-- function to change the values
drop function au_col();
create function au_col()
returns opaque
as 'begin
old.mut_id = current_user;
old.mut_timestamp = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP;
return old;
end;'
language 'plpgsql';

-- trigger to call the funtcion
drop trigger au_col on au_col;
create trigger au_col
before update or delete -- create is covered by defaults
on au_col
for each row
execute procedure au_col();
-------------------------------------------------------

HTH, HAND

--
Jules Alberts

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