This example shows the use of the EditUpdateFieldDefaults property. Please, note that when you update an Employee, the hire date is automatically set to the current date.
  EmployeeID LastName FirstName HireDate
1 1 Davolio Nancy 5/1/1992
2 2 Fuller Andrew 8/14/1992
3 3 Leverling Janet 4/1/1992
4 4 Peacock Margaret 5/3/1993
5 5 Buchanan Steven 10/17/1993
EmployeeID 1
LastName Davolio
FirstName Nancy
HireDate 5/1/1992
 First   Prev   Next   Last   Search   Update 
This is the code implementing the example:
<!--#include file="VBSdb/inc.asp"-->
<%
   VbsDbNew objVbsDb
   objVbsDb( "MdbPath" ) = "data/nwind.mdb"
   objVbsDb( "Sql" ) = "select EmployeeID,LastName,FirstName,HireDate from Employees"
   objVbsDb( "ViewNavigationButtons" ) = "first;next;prev;last;search;update"
   objVbsDb( "EditTableName" ) = "Employees"
   objVbsDb( "EditKeyFields" ) = "EmployeeID"
   objVbsDb( "EditUpdateFieldDefaults" ) = "HireDate|" & date()
   objVbsDb( "EditHideFields" ) = "HireDate"
%>
This demonstrative program connects to Nwind.mdb, the well known Microsoft Access sample database: the names of companies, products, people, characters, and/or data mentioned herein are fictious and are in no way intended to represent any real individual, company, product, or event. To download a copy of Nwind.mdb, please visit Microsoft's site.