Record entry date - using system date as default not working

Question

Hi,
I have a form which allow users to enter the information... I want to have a field to save the date when they've updated the record...
in order to accomplish the above, here is what I did:
1) I created an item on the form (put the source as table_column that I am using to save the record entry date on the table)...
2) In the Default field I put "sysdate" to capture the current date...
3) I made the item "Display only" so that no one should be able to change it...
so far so good... when my users open the form they see current date populated in the form...
my challenge is that when user saves the form, everything that they enter saves except for the "record modification date"... Not sure if it's due to date format or something else causing it, the date format on my form is DD-MON-YY and seems like the format on my table is DD/MM/YYYY... if it's the date formatting issue then please advice how to fix it...
I've saved a sample on APEX.ORACLE.COM for your review and comments... Here are the log in details
Workspace: tparvaiz
Username: [email protected]
Password: tparvaiz
Application: 28899     Default Date and White Space
Appliaction Page No: 24
ID/PW: TEST/TEST
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi,
Default value only used when item value is null. So when you fetch the from it gets the value from database column and omit the default value. I use trigger to store audit information i.e. create date, username etc.
Here is an example if you want to use -
The following trigger will capture the date and username and store into the table.
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER TRG_BI_TABLE_NAME
BEFORE INSERT
ON TABLE_NAME
REFERENCING OLD AS OLD NEW AS NEW
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
/* change the column name as of your table */
  :new.create_date := SYSDATE;
  :new.created_by := v('APP_USER');
END;This trigger will store user information and date when record been updated -
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER TRG_BU_TABLE_NAME
BEFORE UPDATE
ON TABLE_NAME
REFERENCING OLD AS OLD NEW AS NEW
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
/* change the column name as of your table */
:new.update_date := SYSDATE;
:new.updated_by := v('APP_USER');
END;Hope this helps,
Regards,
Tajuddin
web: http://tajuddin.whitepagesbd.com