- Introduction To SQL
- SQL Syntax
- SQL SELECT Statement
- SQL SELECT DISTINCT Statement
- SQL WHERE Clause
- SQL AND, OR And NOT Operators
- SQL ORDER BY Keyword
- SQL INSERT INTO Statement
- SQL NULL Values
- SQL UPDATE Statement
- SQL DELETE Statement
- SQL TOP, LIMIT, FETCH FIRST Or ROWNUM Clause
- SQL MIN() And MAX() Functions
- SQL COUNT(), AVG() And SUM() Functions
- SQL LIKE Operator
- SQL Wildcards
- SQL IN Operator
- SQL BETWEEN Operator
- SQL Aliases
- SQL Joins
- SQL INNER JOIN Keyword
- SQL LEFT JOIN Keyword
- SQL RIGHT JOIN Keyword
- SQL FULL OUTER JOIN Keyword
- SQL Self Join
- SQL UNION Operator
- SQL GROUP BY Statement
- SQL HAVING Clause
- SQL EXISTS Operator
- SQL ANY And ALL Operators
- SQL SELECT INTO Statement
- SQL INSERT INTO SELECT Statement
- SQL CASE Statement
- SQL NULL Functions
- SQL Stored Procedures For SQL Server
- SQL Comments
- SQL Operators
- SQL CREATE DATABASE Statement
- SQL DROP DATABASE Statement
- SQL BACKUP DATABASE For SQL Server
- SQL CREATE TABLE Statement
- SQL DROP TABLE Statement
- SQL ALTER TABLE Statement
- SQL Constraints
- SQL NOT NULL Constraint
- SQL UNIQUE Constraint
- SQL PRIMARY KEY Constraint
- SQL FOREIGN KEY Constraint
- ALTER TABLE Orders DROP CONSTRAINT FK_PersonOrder;
- SQL DEFAULT Constraint
- SQL CREATE INDEX Statement
- SQL AUTO INCREMENT Field
- SQL Working With Dates
- SQL Views
- SQL Injection
- SQL Hosting
- SQL Data Types For MySQL, SQL Server, And MS Access
SQL DEFAULT Constraint
SQL DEFAULT Constraint
The DEFAULT constraint is used to set a default value for a column.
The default value will be added to all new records, if no other value is specified.
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SQL DEFAULT On CREATE TABLE
The following SQL sets a DEFAULT value for the "City" column when the "Persons" table is created:
My SQL / SQL Server / Oracle / MS Access:
ID int NOT NULL,
LastName varchar(255) NOT NULL,
FirstName varchar(255),
Age int,
City varchar(255) DEFAULT 'Sandnes'
);
The DEFAULT constraint can also be used to insert system values, by using functions like GETDATE():
ID int NOT NULL,
OrderNumber int NOT NULL,
OrderDate date DEFAULT GETDATE()
);
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SQL DEFAULT On ALTER TABLE
To create a DEFAULT constraint on the "City" column when the table is already created, use the following SQL:
MySQL:
ALTER City SET DEFAULT 'Sandnes';
SQL Server:
ADD CONSTRAINT df_City
DEFAULT 'Sandnes' FOR City;
MS Access:
ALTER COLUMN City SET DEFAULT 'Sandnes';
Oracle:
MODIFY City DEFAULT 'Sandnes';
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DROP A DEFAULT Constraint
To drop a DEFAULT constraint, use the following SQL:
MySQL:
ALTER City DROP DEFAULT;
SQL Server / Oracle / MS Access:
ALTER COLUMN City DROP DEFAULT;
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