create table and default 'now' problem ? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Hi,

how I could create table with datetime field default to 'now'::text in 
a way Jan did in his shoes rule example ?

If I do:
test=> create table test ( a datetime default 'now', b int4);
CREATE
test=> insert into test (b) values (1);
INSERT 1677899 1
test=> insert into test (b) values (2);
INSERT 1677900 1
test=> select * from test;
a                           |b
----------------------------+-
Tue 21 Sep 01:48:27 1999 MSD|1
Tue 21 Sep 01:48:27 1999 MSD|2
(2 rows)

I always get datetime of the moment I created the table, but I'd like
to have datetime of moment I insert. 
Regards,
    Oleg

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Oleg Bartunov, sci.researcher, hostmaster of AstroNet,
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University (Russia)
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