Hi Bradley,
If it's a simple value, then set the column's defaul (ALTER TABLE tab ALTER
col SET DEFAULT blah). Otherwise, look up CREATE TRIGGER and CREATE RULE in
the docs.
Chris
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> [mailto:pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Bradley Kieser
> Sent: Monday, 10 June 2002 4:26 PM
> To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
> Subject: [SQL] Rule to fill in value on column on insert
>
>
> How do I create a rule that will set a column to a particular value upon
> insert? It's for use within an audit trail and we want to prevent any
> possibility of some rogue code setting it to an incorrect value (it's a
> time stamp) so we don't want to use default values.
>
> In general, though, it would be handy to know how to do this as there
> are many uses for it!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brad
>
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