Re: Datestamps - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Bruno Wolff III
Subject Re: Datestamps
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Msg-id 20040109205252.GA3704@wolff.to
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In response to Datestamps  (Bryan Irvine <bryan.irvine@kingcountyjournal.com>)
Responses Re: Datestamps  (Bryan Irvine <bryan.irvine@kingcountyjournal.com>)
Re: Datestamps  (Steve Crawford <scrawford@pinpointresearch.com>)
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On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 12:25:45 -0800,
  Bryan Irvine <bryan.irvine@kingcountyjournal.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 12:25, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 11:45:17 -0800,
> >   Bryan Irvine <bryan.irvine@kingcountyjournal.com> wrote:
> > > I am trying to figure out what day some things were entered into the
> > > DB.  Is there a way to do that?
> >
> > Rows do not have timestamps associated with them. You might be able to make
> > some guesses using your logfile. If this is something you want for the
> > future you can add a timestamp field to your table and use a trigger to
> > keep it up to date.
>
> I do I do!
>
> What's the best way to create a field for tracking this?
> Is this in the FAQ somewhere?

I don't think there is an FAQ, but it has been discussed on the lists a
few times. You probably want to use a before trigger to set the timestamp
column to current_timestamp on inserts or updates.

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