empty/automatic insert availability

Daniel Péder <dpeder@infoset.cz>

From: Daniel Péder <dpeder@infoset.cz>
To: "'pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org'" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 1999-10-12T19:31:24Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
it would be good idea to enable "empty automatic insert" like this:

mydb => create table pgx_replid ( repltime time DEFAULT current_time );
mydb => insert into pgx_replid;

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the above should insert the value of current_time into database pgx_replid, however it is impossible yet (ver.6.3.x / 6.5.2). Now, everytime needed, one should type more complex lines like:

mydb => insert into pgx_replid values ( current_time );

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in case the table was created without any DEFAULT the empty insert should insert NULL or NULLs into all (or specified) fields of table as the general behavior.

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dan peder
dpeder@infoset.cz