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I need a timestamp to be created automatically when I insert information in a table. mySQL has TimeStamp but MS SQL Server TimeStamp doesn’t correspond mySQL. Is there any other way around?

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From MSDN: "The Transact-SQL timestamp data type is not the same as the timestamp data type defined in the SQL-92 standard. The SQL-92 timestamp data type is equivalent to the Transact-SQL datetime data type."

To be able to have a date automatically inserted in your table, you should have a column of type datetime with a default value of getdate() - the system function that shows the current date of the system.

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Thank you for pointing me to right direction! – Amir Rezaei Jan 26 '11 at 8:06
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To build on that, if you are using SQL Server 2008 or higher you'll want to use the new SYSDATETIME() function or the SYSUTCDATETIME() function (if you want the UTC time). – mrdenny♦ Jan 26 '11 at 9:11

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