Re: Question on SQL Table (DDL) with date and time fields

Here is what I added to the DDL:

0002.00 PHDATE DATE WITH DEFAULT CURRENT DATE,
0003.00 PHTIME TIME WITH DEFAULT CURRENT TIME,
....

When using DBU it works perfectly....however, when a program writes a
record those fields end up with a default date of 00001-01-01 and a
default time of 00.00.00......obviously I am doing something wrong.....





From:
R Bruce Hoffman <bruce.hoffman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:
RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
05/22/2008 10:07 AM
Subject:
Re: Question on SQL Table (DDL) with date and time fields



create table ... ( .... date with default current date ... )

Only defaults on insert when the field is not specified in the insert
list. Updates leave it unaffected.

Doug Palme wrote:

is there a way to auto populate a date / time field with the current

date

and time without actually having code to do it? IE: Is there a default
setting within the DDL spec that would cause the date field to be

filled?

Although as I think about this, that might be a problem on subsequent
updates......


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