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brjohnson
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I have a maintain application that connects to an MS-SQL database. The user has requested that a timestamp be added to certain records when they are inserted or updated. I'd like to see what other developers are using to generate timestamps, and what data type they are using on the back end. I could use things like the today2() function, but wouldn't this result in an alpha type field? I want to use something that could make reporting simpler in the future, and would allow me to make use of the many reporting functions for times and dates.

I've searched for documentation on this but all I can find is info referring to reporting off of timestamps or converting, but nothing about generating them. Any advice to point me in the right direction would be appreciated.

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Waz
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Would it be easier to set up a trigger on the table to add in the timestamp ?


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Yeah, I'm not sure why I didn't explore that first. Thanks!


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GamP
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And if that is not an option, you could just use the HGETC function to populate a date-time field with the current date and time and then store it in the database.


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Alan B
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I prefer HGETC every time. It is not DB specific, and leaves me in control.


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