Question

I’m using MS Access mdb as a database for my C# application. I need my application to update a row every few seconds and I want it to save the database’s current time into the lastUpdate field. I don’t want to start writing the code before I’m sure which method I should use.

So, in the UPDATE SET command, should I use NOW(), GETDATE(), CURRENT_DATE(), CURTIME() or something else?

Example (correct?):

UPDATE UsersSignedIn SET lastUpdate = NOW() WHERE appUserName = ?

Thanks in advance for your advice!

Answer 1

Yes in MS-Access you have to use NOW() function because there isn’t GETDATE() .