Re: example of insert timestamp

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 8:05 PM, Jamie A Lawrence <postgres(at)jal(dot)org> wrote:

>
> On Feb 25, 2008, at 8:19 PM, Gregory Williamson wrote:
> >
> > Perhaps, make the column so it has a default value of now, land then
> > insert without specifying the timestamp column so it gets the
> > default value:
> >
> > create table foo (q_i_time timestamp with time zone not null default
> > now(), someval int);
> >
>
> This is what I do. For many tables, I also add a mod_time column with
> an ON UPDATE trigger similar to the one previously posted. Even when
> not needed for the table itself, in development, it can be very handy
> to compare dodgy inserts/updates with commit logs when bug hunting...
>
>
>
I know you asked for something more like a create timestamp, but if you also
want a modify timestamp, that would definitely need a trigger:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION "public"."modify_date_stamp_fn" () RETURNS SETOF
opaque AS
'
BEGIN
-- if a trigger insert or update operation occurs
IF TG_OP = ''INSERT'' OR TG_OP = ''UPDATE'' THEN
-- assigns the current timestamp
-- into the modify date and time column
NEW.modify_dt := now();

-- displays the new row on an insert/update
RETURN NEW;
END IF;
END;
'
LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE CALLED ON NULL INPUT SECURITY INVOKER;

CREATE TRIGGER "mytable_modify_dt_tr" BEFORE UPDATE
ON "public"."mytable" FOR EACH ROW
EXECUTE PROCEDURE "public"."modify_date_stamp_fn"();

This function is very generic and can be used for any and all of your tables
so you don't have to create a function for each table as long as the column
name is the same.

-Aaron

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