On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 1:50 AM, Michael Monnerie <michael.monnerie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > But I also need the "lastupdate" be updated every time a field in that > row is updated, so a statement like this: > > But it doesn't work. Do I need a trigger? If yes, what would be the > format? I never did triggers. Well you have two options. The perferred method would be to have your application include an update to your lastupdate field whenever anyother rows are updated. UPDATE awl SET lastupdate = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, ...., WHERE ....; the other option is to add an after update trigger, and manually set lastupdate then. -- Regards, Richard Broersma Jr. Visit the Los Angles PostgreSQL Users Group (LAPUG) http://pugs.postgresql.org/lapug