Re: [SQL] Problems with default date 'now' - Mailing list pgsql-sql

On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:

>
> I have a table where I want the default value of a date field to be
> todays date when I do insert.  I have this table definition:
>
> CREATE TABLE testdate(
>     received date DEFAULT 'now',
>     info text NOT NULL
>     );
>

CREATE TABLE testdate(
     received date DEFAULT CURRENT_DATE,
     info text NOT NULL
     );

> The problem is that the 'now' apparently is substituted when I create
> the table, not when I insert into it.  Is there another way to handle
> this?  This is on Linux RedHat 5.0 with PostgreSQL 6.2.1.
>
                    Jose'