Re: declare column update expression

From: "Pavel Stehule" <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Chris Velevitch" <chris(dot)velevitch(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: declare column update expression
Date: 2008-09-11 08:01:23
Message-ID: 162867790809110101x162c5606k3ae3ec6f3ec1612d@mail.gmail.com
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Hello,

2008/9/11 Chris Velevitch <chris(dot)velevitch(at)gmail(dot)com>:
> In 7.4, how do I declare that a column in a table is to be
> automatically set to the value of some fixed expression whenever a row
> is updated?
>
> Eg column last_modified is always set to current_timestamp
>

you should to use trigger

regards
Pavel Stehule

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