RE: [SQL] Use of 'default TEXT now()'

From: "Jackson, DeJuan" <djackson(at)cpsgroup(dot)com>
To: "Ing(dot) Roberto Andrade" <randrade(at)campus(dot)iztacala(dot)unam(dot)mx>, sql <pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: RE: [SQL] Use of 'default TEXT now()'
Date: 1999-03-24 21:14:55
Message-ID: D05EF808F2DFD211AE4A00105AA1B5D202691D@cpsmail.cpsgroup.com
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Use:
fecha_obs datetime default datetime(now())
The use of TEXT was for:
fecha_obs datetime default text 'now'
which will also do what you want (I believe, haven't tried it).
-DEJ

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ing. Roberto Andrade [mailto:randrade(at)campus(dot)iztacala(dot)unam(dot)mx]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 1999 2:20 PM
> To: sql
> Subject: [SQL] Use of 'default TEXT now()'
>
>
> Hi:
>
> I'm writing an application where I have to use a datetime
> field. In this
> field we'll keep the date and time of the coments about some tasks.
>
> I am not sure about the right use of 'default', should I use:
>
> fecha_obs datetime default TEXT now()
>
> or
>
> fecha_obs datetime default now() ?
>
> When I must use TEXT ?
>
> I want to retrieve the fields in datetime order.
>
> TIA
>
> Roberto Andrade Fonseca
> Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
>
> Teléfonos: 623-1154, 623-1119
> e-mail: randrade(at)campus(dot)iztacala(dot)unam(dot)mx
>
>

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