Default Value in a column when insert a new row

I have the table Photographies with the columns: Name, Author, Date, Updated date.

I would like to set Update date as default current_date when a new record is inserted or when a record is updated.

How should I proceed with this?

Answer

Welcome to SO. Take a look at triggers.

Basically you only need to create a function to perform the updated ..

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION update_date() RETURNS trigger AS
$BODY$
BEGIN
  NEW.updated = current_date;
  RETURN NEW;
END;
$BODY$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

.. and attach it to a BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE trigger like this

CREATE TRIGGER check_update
BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON photographies
FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE update_date();

After inserting a record ..

INSERT INTO photographies (name, author, date) 
VALUES ('José Saramago ','As Intermitências da Morte','2005-01-01');

.. you have your updated column with the current date

SELECT * FROM photographies ;
      name      |           author           |    date    |  updated   
----------------+----------------------------+------------+------------
 José Saramago  | As Intermitências da Morte | 2005-01-01 | 2019-12-06
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