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Add create and update timestamp to all objects

From
"Efrain J. Berdecia"
Date:
Are there any plans to add a create and last updated time stamp field to any and all objects in postgres?

Possibly even adding a updated_by documenting which role created and last updated the object.

All done natively and without the need for extra extensions.

Thanks in advance.

Re: Add create and update timestamp to all objects

From
Nikolay Samokhvalov
Date:
On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 1:11 PM Efrain J. Berdecia <ejberdecia@yahoo.com> wrote:
Are there any plans to add a create and last updated time stamp field to any and all objects in postgres?

Possibly even adding a updated_by documenting which role created and last updated the object.

All done natively and without the need for extra extensions.

Thanks in advance.

Why would you need that? Each timestamp[tz] value is 8 bytes.

And setting up values via defaults and triggers is straightforward, isn't it?

Re: Add create and update timestamp to all objects

From
Tom Lane
Date:
"Efrain J. Berdecia" <ejberdecia@yahoo.com> writes:
> Are there any plans to add a create and last updated time stamp field to any and all objects in postgres?

No.  This has been proposed and rejected (more than once).

            regards, tom lane

Re: Add create and update timestamp to all objects

From
Chapman Flack
Date:
On 09/26/21 18:28, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Efrain J. Berdecia" <ejberdecia@yahoo.com> writes:
>> Are there any plans to add a create and last updated time stamp field to any and all objects in postgres?
> 
> No.

That said, if you'd be satisfied with a create OR last updated time,
there should already be a txid there.

If you have track_commit_timestamp turned on, there's your time.

If it's not turned on, but you want to know the time, there are ways.[0]

Regards,
-Chap


[0]https://stackoverflow.com/a/61788447/4062350