CREATE TABLE mytable ( id serial not null primary key, myvalue varchar(50), create_dt timestamp not null default now() ); INSERT INTO mytable (myvalue) VALUES ('When was this record inserted ?'); SELECT * FROM mytable; "Si" <si@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:88odf.2261$fN5.887@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >I have added a field to one of my PostgreSQL tables in the "Timestamp" >datatype, but when I add a row to that table I don't get the date and time >inserted into that column? Do I need to put a default value into the column >too? > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly