MySQL default datetime through phpmyadmin

Question

In an existing database, I\'ve age column (INT). Now I need to set it as dob (DATETIME).

I try doing so through PHPMyAdmin, giving CURRENT_TIMESTAMP as default value

Answer 1

The best way for DateTime is use a Trigger:

/************ ROLE ************/
drop table if exists `role`;
create table `role` (
    `id_role` bigint(20) unsigned not null auto_increment,
    `date_created` datetime,
    `date_deleted` datetime,
    `name` varchar(35) not null,
    `description` text,
    primary key (`id_role`)
) comment='';

drop trigger if exists `role_date_created`;
create trigger `role_date_created` before insert
    on `role`
    for each row 
    set new.`date_created` = now();