What is the postgres equivalent of the below mysql code
CREATE TABLE t1 (
created TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
modified TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
);
CREATE TABLE t2 (
created TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
modified TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
);
As per Alex Brasetvik answer below, it seems i should go with triggers, my problem is i have a number of tables t1, t2... with created and modified fields, is it possible to write a generalized procedure?
--update Almost ready
CREATE FUNCTION update_timestamp() RETURNS trigger AS $update_timestamp$
BEGIN
NEW.modified := current_timestamp;
RETURN NEW;
END;
$update_timestamp$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
CREATE TRIGGER update_timestamp BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON t1
FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE update_timestamp();
CREATE TRIGGER update_timestamp BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON t2
FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE update_timestamp();