Question

Does anyone know of a function as such that I can use to add an automatic date and timestamp in a column for when a user adds a record to the database table?

Answer 1

You can create a non-nullable DATETIME column on your table, and create a DEFAULT constraint on it to auto populate when a row is added.

e.g.

CREATE TABLE Example
(
SomeField INTEGER,
DateCreated DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT(GETDATE())
)