Re: [SQLObject] date time column default now()

[Brian R. <br...@se...>]

On Dec 13, 2004, at 4:11 PM, Ian Bicking wrote:

> Brian Ray wrote:
>> I need help using SQLObject. I am trying to override a column 
>> attribute without actually sending an argument.
>> Is there a way I can get a time stamp functionality out of my date 
>> time column default?
>> ...
>> from mx.DateTime import *
>> class table(SQLObject):
>>     timestamp = DateTimeCol(default=now())
>
> I think you want:
>
>     timestamp = DateTimeCol(default=now)
>
> If you pass a function as the default, that function is called 
> immediately before actually using it

Great! And I see where this concept may be useful in other places, so i 
added to wiki:

http://wiki.sqlobject.org/timestamp.html

Hope it's ok.