Invalid default value for 'Date'

Question

I want to set date as default value for date in mysql (not timestamp), but the following error appear

ALTER TABLE `RMS`.`transactionentry` 
CHANGE `Date` `Da         


        

Answer 1

According to the MySQL site:

The DEFAULT value clause in a data type specification indicates a default value for a column. With one exception, the default value must be a constant; it cannot be a function or an expression. This means, for example, that you cannot set the default for a date column to be the value of a function such as NOW() or CURRENT_DATE. The exception is that you can specify CURRENT_TIMESTAMP as the default for a TIMESTAMP column.

So:

alter table `RMS`.`transactionentry` 

change `Date` `Date` date default CURRENT_TIMESTAMP NOT NULL

should work. Your issue was you're making it a string by placing quotes around it.