i am facing issue while creating table where in that one column which is set to default value of current date........i would stress this point "that i need only date not time along with that"....i would be really thankfull to those who tries to help me....
Instead of trying to get MySQL to insert the current date for you when a row is created automatically, you can set it to NOW() in the INSERT query. Or, in the code for your software, you can set the date to the current date in the INSERT query.
MySQL does not support a default of the current date for DATE or DATETIME.
Check out this set yuor field to a 'Date' not 'DateTime'
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/datetime.html
The DATE type is used when you need
only a date value, without a time
part. MySQL retrieves and displays
DATE values in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format.
The supported range is '1000-01-01' to
'9999-12-31'.
Related
MySQL has a data type called timestamp. This is a date time field that is updated to now() when any data in the record is changed.
How can I achieve the same behaviour in SQL Server?
I know about the rowversion data type in SQL Server. I don't want this - I want an auto-updating date time value.
Create an INSTEAD OF INSERT trigger, in which you insert into your table, selecting all the columns from INSERTED except for the date time column you want to always reflect the current date time, and insert GETDATE() in for that column.
Then create an INSTEAD OF UPDATE trigger, and do something similar, running an UPDATE statement against the table from inserted, using GETDATE() for that specific column.
To emulate MySQL's TIMESTAMP column you'll need a DATETIME2(7) column and an INSTEAD OF UPDATE trigger. And use the SYSDATETIME function to populate the datetime2 column.
is there any possibility that there is a field called 'time' in the table and there are 3 more fields, and when I insert the 3 fields, the time field is set default to fill in the current UNIX Timestamp? It will be much appreciated if you help me out!
I just inserted the timestamp from PHP to the table.
exactly there is no any default unix_timestamp for mysql. you can set the field as a datetime or timestamp and set its default to CURRENT_TIMESTAMP. then use strtotime function to change back to unix. or set type to int or bigint ordouble and use time() function on every insert row.
I prefer myself to use second way.
I have a table where I have a date column. Is there a way for MySQL to auto fill this field whenever I insert a new registry with the current date? Or is this made automatically by default?
P.S.: I'm using PHPMyAdmin
Although it is an old post, maybe this image will help as it is more explicit:
(For phpMyAdmin users)
This configuration sets that field with a value like:
2015-12-11 07:50:47
PS: Note that the timestamp will set the time OF your server!! (i.e. the example above got the time from Pacific Time (07:50:47) but it could have been from a Spanish user at 16:50:47 local time) Keep this in mind.
Also, if you already have a "Created Date" you might need another column that updates the modification date whenever there is an update:
You only need to set on update CURRENT TIME STAMP in Attributes Field.
Ready to rock!
Set Default to in your mySql query
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
you have to use
now()
function where you want to fill current time.
i.e.:
INSERT INTO user_rights (`user_id`,`right`,`group_id`,`created_date`) VALUES ( '42', '160', '1', now());
I realize this may not be a direct answer to the question but I do believe this is the most useable solution.
I highly recommend using a DATETIME or TIMESTAMP data type for the column in question.If you are utilizing a fairly current version of MySQL, MySQL will do the work for you.
Details:
To be very clear, as of 5.6.5, for both the TIMESTAMP & DATETIME datatypes, you can do the following:
Set a DEFAULT value of the current date & time (using NOW() or one of its aliases such as CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)This means every time you insert a new row into this table a TIMESTAMP or DATETIME column with this default will get the current date and time
Set an ON UPDATE constraint that will UPDATE a column to the current date & time when, (you guessed it) the row is updated
Here's how:
An Example in a CREATE TABLE statement:
CREATE TABLE t1 (
ts1 DATETIME ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
,ts2 DATETIME DEFAULT NOW()
);
Please note that DATETIME can be replaced with TIMESTAMP for effectively the same functionality.
Additionally I suggest the use of the DATETIME data type over TIMESTAMP as DATETIME has a much larger range of dates it can support. It's worth mentioning that TIMESTAMP is smaller for those few cases that matters. For more details please read my answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/26117532/1748266
I have added this to my table and it works
ALTER TABLE Medewerkers ADD med_created TIMESTAMP DEFAULT now();
When you insert data into your record it update automatically the med_created
MySQL unfortunately doesn't allow specifying values other than constants as the default for columns other than TIMESTAMPs.
This is a feature available in MySQL versions 8.0+, but for older versions the only solution for a database defined default would be to use a trigger.
You can do something like this from the SQL screen
ALTER TABLE `table_name` CHANGE `created_at` `created_at` TIMESTAMP NOT NULL
Here's my table right now (using mysql):
SQL Table: koko_table
name varchar(140)
status varchar(140)
time TIMESTAMP
My issue basically is , I have a form (using php) which user uses to store data only in the status column, my time column captures the time as a permanent data when the user stores in the status column. I think I have not been using accurate DATATYPE for time column, because everytime I visit my database, the time column has different values.
What can be the correct datatype to store time of status input by the user as un-changeable data.
The best data type would be DATETIME.
You can use either TIMESTAMP or DATETIME in MySQL to store date and time.
There are differences though:
TIMESTAMP uses 4 bytes, DATETIME 8 bytes.
Timestamps can be between 1970 and 2038, while datetimes can be between 1000-01-01 00:00:00 and 9999-12-32 23:59:59.
TIMESTAMP values are converted from the current time zone to UTC for storage, and converted back from UTC to the (server's) current time zone for retrieval. This does not happen for DATETIME values where no timezone is implied.
Datetime fields have to be declared in INSERT operations while timestamp fields have the special feature that the first timestamp of a table is (by default) automatically inserted or updated at every INSERT or UPDATE operation with the current timestamp. (That's probably what you are seeing in your scenario.) You can change this behaviour, so only Inserts or only Updates set the timestamp to current timestamp. See MySQL docs: Timestamp properties
To have for example the timestamp automatically stored at Inserts but not changed during Updates, you could set:
ALTER TABLE TableName
CHANGE TimeStampName TimeStampName TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ;
I'd prefered DATETIME (the long number) or store it as a formated string like 2011/10/18 13:50. The first one is better in performance and the secound one is easyer to edit on phpMyAdmin or something like that.
I have a column in my drupal database called "field_concert_published_value" which is storing the values of the concert publishing (it is a cck field)
I have old records from previous system and there is stored this value as classical timestamp.
I know how to INSERT INTO ... however the format of the date time cck field is unusual. I mean e.g. 2011-05-10T06:58:00 . The letter T between the date and time, so I can not use FROM_UNIXTIME function to convert from my old records to this yyyy-mm-ddThh:ii:ss.
Any advice how to convert my old records in timestamp format to the new one which date time filed is using?
Thanks.
P.S. I need this to be done using SQL statement (MySql)
Have you tried STR_TO_DATE, FROM_UNIXTIMESTAMP and TIME_FORMAT?
SELECT DATE_FORMAT( DATE( FROM_UNIXTIME( `timestamp` ) ), '%Y-%m-%dT%H.%i.%s');
This page has a good explanation of the date tokens: MySQL Date Time Formatting.