Re: [GENERAL] current_timestamp and default now()

I believe it works if you put now() in single quotes. EG:

create table test (
proposetime datetime not null default 'now()',
)

At 10:07 PM 10/25/99, Lincoln Yeoh wrote:
>At 01:05 PM 25-10-1999 PDT, amy cheng wrote:
> >hi, there,
> >
> >I'm using:
> >
> >create table test (
> >proposetime datetime not null default now(),
> >)
> >
> >then, I find that I need to make the time uniform through the
> >transaction. Is there a way to use current_timestamp('now')
> >in the create table statement? Seems impossible?
>
>How about reading off the current time (select <somethingblahblah> 'now', I
>can't remember how to do it- not very obvious at first sight) and then
>using that time throughout the transaction?
>
>Cheerio,
>
>Link.
>
>
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