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setting default values for created_date and updated_date [message #4972]

Wed, 02 September 2015 01:24

rafs
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Registered: May 2015

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I set default values for my created_date and updated_date values in PGSQL: DEFAULT 'now'::text::timestamp without time zone
RADICORE imported the word 'now' in the field upon 'import columns' action.
This causes an error warning when you try to create a new record in that table.
I just removed an default.
Just posting in case somebody runs into an error like this.

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Re: setting default values for created_date and updated_date [message #4983 is a reply to message #4972]

Wed, 02 September 2015 11:30

AJM
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Registered: April 2006
Location: Surrey, UK

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Firstly, the correct value for that default would be "now()" as any word followed by "(...)" is treated as a function. 'now' in quotes is treated as a string and is totally invalid for a field which is supposed to hold a timestamp.

Secondly, you should remove "now()" from the default value in the Data Dictionary and set the "Auto Insert" property instead.

Tony Marston
http://www.tonymarston.net
http://www.radicore.org

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