Timestamp not working

[Si]

I have added a field to one of my PostgreSQL tables in the "Timestamp"
datatype, but when I add a row to that table I don't get the date and time
inserted into that column? Do I need to put a default value into the column
too?

[Stephen Prinster]

Post by Si
I have added a field to one of my PostgreSQL tables in the "Timestamp"
datatype, but when I add a row to that table I don't get the date and time
inserted into that column? Do I need to put a default value into the column
too?

Yep. I haven't done this for a while, but if my memory serves me, you
need to use CURRENT_TIME, CURRENT_DATE, or CURRENT_TIMESTAMP as a
default value to populate the column. For more on these functions, see
the docs:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/functions-datetime.html