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In MySQL, how can I insert date and time automatically while inserting NULL values to the other columns?
In MySQL, we can insert current date and time automatically to a column on inserting the NULL values in other columns by declaring that column as DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP. In this case, we cannot declare the column NOT NULL in which we want to insert NULL values.
mysql> Create Table Testing1(Name Varchar(20), RegStudent TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.15 sec)
Above query will create a table ‘Testing1’ with a column named ‘Name’(not declared ‘NOT NULL’) and other column named ‘RegDate’ declared as DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP. Now, on inserting the NULL values Name column, the current date and time will be inserted in the other column automatically.
mysql> Insert into Testing1(Name) Values(NULL); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.08 sec) mysql> Insert into Testing1(Name) Values(NULL); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.04 sec) mysql> Select * from Testing1; +------+---------------------+ | Name | RegStudent | +------+---------------------+ | NULL | 2017-10-29 04:46:59 | | NULL | 2017-10-29 04:47:02 | +------+---------------------+ 2 rows in set (0.05 sec)
From the above queries, we can see that on inserting the NULL values in ‘Name’, the date and time are also inserting automatically.
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