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How do you create a timestamp column in MySQL 3 on create only?

ben T asked: I’m using mysql for a project (not my choice) and I need to create a column that just does a timestamp on create, not on every update. Simply using timestamp as the column type doesn’t work as it changes on update. I want to clarify that this is mysql version 3 Fire [...]

How do I connect to two MySQL databases at two different servers from a single php page?

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