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in reply to Use mysql NOW() fuction from DBIx::Class

You can use NOW() in your UPDATE-clause:

my $item = ...; $item->update({ time_column => \'NOW()', # more columns here });

-- Frank

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Re^2: Use mysql NOW() fuction from DBIx::Class
by Mutant (Priest) on Jul 16, 2007 at 11:29 UTC
    Yep, a scalar reference passes a literal string to the SQL, rather than a bind variable.