In response to Chris Barnes : > I would like to have postgres update the last_modified column with the > current_date on an update of the record. > > I am not sure if there is a very simple way of doing this? > > Or, do I need to create a function and a trigger to call the row and update > with new data and set the last_modified to current_date? Yes, that's the way, a TRIGGER on UPDATE for each row. I think, the doc contains an example. Andreas -- Andreas Kretschmer Kontakt: Heynitz: 035242/47150, D1: 0160/7141639 (mehr: -> Header) GnuPG: 0x31720C99, 1006 CCB4 A326 1D42 6431 2EB0 389D 1DC2 3172 0C99 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general