From: | Mike Mascari <mascarm(at)mascari(dot)com> |
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To: | NTPT <ntpt(at)centrum(dot)cz> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Touch row ? |
Date: | 2004-01-23 09:35:57 |
Message-ID: | 4010EAFD.7050509@mascari.com |
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NTPT wrote:
>is it possible to add column to database,
>
ALTER TABLE foo
ADD COLUMN mod_date TIMESTAMP;
>that will automatically contain date+time (or likely Unix timestamp) when the row was touched/changed - ie by INSERT or UPDATE ?
>
>
CREATE FUNCTION touch() RETURNS trigger AS '
begin
NEW.mod_date = LOCALTIMESTAMP;
return NEW;
end;
' language 'plpgsql';
CREATE TRIGGER t_foo
BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON foo
FOR EACH ROW
EXECUTE PROCEDURE touch();
If you want timezone information, use TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE and
CURRENTTIMESTAMP. These are transaction start times.
HTH,
Mike Mascari
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