Thread: timestamp of a row

timestamp of a row

From

Marco Bomben

Date:

24 May 2010, 12:10:10

Dear all,
I look into mails-archive but I didn't find any hint for this question: is there a way to retrieve the timestamp of the creation/last modification of a row in a table?

Many thanks and regards,
Marco Bomben

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Re: timestamp of a row

From

Thom Brown

Date:

24 May 2010, 12:23:59

On 24 May 2010 13:09, Marco Bomben <marco.bomben@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>              I look into mails-archive but I didn't find any hint for this
> question: is there a way to retrieve the timestamp of the creation/last
> modification of a row in a table?
>
> Many thanks and regards,
>                                        Marco Bomben
>

I don't believe there is.  I wanted to do something similar, but the
only way I found of doing it was to create a trigger on the table
which updates a timestamp column on the row being updated.

Regards

Thom

Re: timestamp of a row

From

Marco Bomben

Date:

24 May 2010, 12:35:38

Dear Thom,
thanks for the suggestion. I will look for 'trigger' into documentation.

Regards,
Marco

On 24 May 2010 13:09, Marco Bomben <marco.bomben@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
> I look into mails-archive but I didn't find any hint for this
> question: is there a way to retrieve the timestamp of the creation/last
> modification of a row in a table?
>
> Many thanks and regards,
> Marco Bomben
>

I don't believe there is. I wanted to do something similar, but the
only way I found of doing it was to create a trigger on the table
which updates a timestamp column on the row being updated.

Regards

Thom

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"Human existence is based upon two pillars: Compassion and knowledge.
Compassion without knowledge is ineffective; knowledge without compassion is inhuman."
(Victor Frederick Weisskopf)
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Re: timestamp of a row

From

Mladen Gogala

Date:

24 May 2010, 12:36:43

Marco Bomben wrote:
> Dear all,
>              I look into mails-archive but I didn't find any hint for
> this question: is there a way to retrieve the timestamp of the
> creation/last modification of a row in a table?
Of course there is. You should create an auditing trigger to record the
time of the modification, the primary key of the row that was modified
and the nature of the modification itself.

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