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android.sm
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36 Posts

Posted - 2011-07-16 : 10:50:44
(1) why doesn't my date field auto populate the current system time when creating a new record? i use(getdate()) in sql server (default value or binding column property. the date's datatype is datetime.

(2) my website is hosted in US - thus capturing US time. Ex:

UK: 2011-07-15 21:05:30.630
US: 2011-07-15 13:05:30.630

i need a way to take current time and - 8hours hence it becomes UK time.

jeffw8713
Aged Yak Warrior

819 Posts

Posted - 2011-07-16 : 11:21:56
What is the code you are using to insert the new row? If you are specifying anything for that column, the default value will not be used.
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android.sm
Starting Member

36 Posts

Posted - 2011-07-16 : 11:38:22
hey,

i'm not writing any code for it and not passing in any values. i simply want it to auto populate the column when a record is created.
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android.sm
Starting Member

36 Posts

Posted - 2011-07-16 : 14:00:43
ok i just noticed that it does create the time /date when i manually insert a new record.

my code to create the record is using c#

 DatabaseLayerDataContext db = new DatabaseLayerDataContext();

try
{
Comment comments = new Comment();
comments.Title = ddlTitle.SelectedValue;
comments.FirstName = txtFirstName.Text;
comments.LastName = txtLastName.Text;
comments.Message = txtMessage.Text;
db.Comments.InsertOnSubmit(comments);
db.SubmitChanges();
lblDisplayMessage.Text = "Thank you for your message. We will deal with this as soon as possible.";
}
catch (Exception err)
{
lblDisplayMessage.Text = "An error occurred - please try again later. Thank you for your patience.";
Console.WriteLine("{0}", err.Message);
}
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android.sm
Starting Member

36 Posts

Posted - 2011-07-16 : 19:03:41
fixed. issue was the code. linq to sql in .net doesn't support auto generated values in db other than identity seed.
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