Re: [postmodern-devel] Calling a SQL func as a DAO field value

2012-12-25 Thread Marijn Haverbeke
Ah, no, you can't do that. The stuff you put into slots are values, not sql expressions. You could call get-universal-time and somehow convert that to the same time system that now() is supposed to return, but you can't put a call in a slot. Best, Marijn On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Julien Da

Re: [postmodern-devel] Calling a SQL func as a DAO field value

2012-12-25 Thread Julien Danjou
On Tue, Dec 25 2012, Marijn Haverbeke wrote: > If I do > > cl-user> (s-sql:sql (:now)) > > It produces "now()" for me. Sure, for me too. So let me give you a bit more context. If you've a class like: (defclass user () ((mytimestamp :col-type timestamp :accessor mytimestamp)) (:metaclass dao-c

Re: [postmodern-devel] Calling a SQL func as a DAO field value

2012-12-25 Thread Marijn Haverbeke
If I do cl-user> (s-sql:sql (:now)) It produces "now()" for me. On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 9:36 PM, Julien Danjou wrote: > On Tue, Dec 25 2012, Marijn Haverbeke wrote: > >> Doesn't (:now) work? > > No, I get: > > Value (:NOW) can not be converted to an SQL literal. > > I've actually tried "NOW()

Re: [postmodern-devel] Calling a SQL func as a DAO field value

2012-12-25 Thread Julien Danjou
On Tue, Dec 25 2012, Marijn Haverbeke wrote: > Doesn't (:now) work? No, I get: Value (:NOW) can not be converted to an SQL literal. I've actually tried "NOW()", which is a string and seemed not valid to me so I just didn't try that possibility, and it seems to work… But I'm worring of what wo

Re: [postmodern-devel] Calling a SQL func as a DAO field value

2012-12-25 Thread Marijn Haverbeke
Doesn't (:now) work? On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 9:22 PM, Julien Danjou wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to use NOW() as a value in an update statement using the DAO. > I've tried of syntax combinations, but I can't get the right one. > > Hint? > > -- > Julien Danjou > /* Free Software hacker & freelance