How to add a date column to a table with current date as default value?

Question

Where I can see which default columns SQLite table will have after creating? I need a column with datetime which has default value of time when data added to the table.\

Now I'm trying:

ALTER TABLE recipes ADD COLUMN timestamp DATE DEFAULT (datetime('now','localtime'));

And I'm obtaining the following message:

SQLiteManager: Likely SQL syntax error: ALTER TABLE recipes ADD COLUMN timestamp DATE DEFAULT (datetime('now','localtime')); [ Cannot add a column with non-constant default ]
Exception Name: NS_ERROR_FAILURE
 Exception Message: Component returned failure code: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)         [mozIStorageConnection.createStatement]

`ALTER TABLE` doesn't allow this: "The column may not have a default value of CURRENT_TIME, CURRENT_DATE, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, or an expression in parentheses." https://www.sqlite.org/lang_altertable.html — , Jul 24 '12 at 13:10

score 16 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 24 '12 at 13:09

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Use the create table instead of altering the table. If there are values inside you'll have this kind of a problem. See

http://sqlite.1065341.n5.nabble.com/Can-t-insert-timestamp-field-with-value-CURRENT-TIME-td42729.html

all the best

answered Jul 24 '12 at 13:09

devanand

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How to add a date column to a table with current date as default value?

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