How do you set a default value for a MySQL Datetime column?

Question

How do you set a default value for a MySQL Datetime column?

In SQL Server it\'s getdate(). What is the equivalant for MySQL? I\'m using MySQL 5.x if tha

Answer 1

While defining multi-line triggers one has to change the delimiter as semicolon will be taken by MySQL compiler as end of trigger and generate error. e.g.

DELIMITER //
CREATE TRIGGER `MyTable_UPDATE` BEFORE UPDATE ON `MyTable`
FOR EACH ROW BEGIN
        -- Set the udpate date
    Set new.UpdateDate = now();
END//
DELIMITER ;