From: Sharon Rosner <ciconia@...>
Date: 2008-02-10T06:02:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Comparing Active Record VS Datamapper...?

> try defining a column with a default of 'now()' or anything which uses  
> db functions.  note that you cannot use Time.now from inside ruby  
> because, unlike internal db functions, this will not ensure a  
> consistent now across all fields inside a transaction.

You can easily do that in Sequel:

  DB.create_table :posts do
    ...
    timestamp :stamp, :default => :now[]
  end

Sorry, couldn't resist :-)
sharon