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SQL Server FAQ - DEFAULT - Using Column Default Values in INSERT Statements

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How To Use Column Default Values in INSERT Statements?

If a column is defined with a default value in a table, you can use the key word DEFAULT in the INSERT statement to take the default value for that column. The following tutorial exercise gives a good example:

INSERT INTO fyi_links VALUES (102, 
  'dba.fyicenter.com', 
  NULL,
  0,
  DEFAULT)
GO
(1 row(s) affected)

SELECT * FROM fyi_links
GO
id   url                notes  counts  created
101  dev.fyicenter.com  NULL   0       2006-04-30
102  dba.fyicenter.com  NULL   0       2007-05-19

The default value, getdate(), is used for "created" column, which gives the current date.

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1. What Are DML (Data Manipulation Language) Statements?
2. How To Create a Testing Table with Test Data?
3. How To Insert a New Row into a Table with "INSERT INTO" Statements?
4. How To Use Column Default Values in INSERT Statements?
5. How to provide column names in INSERT Statements?
6. What Happens If You Insert a Duplicate Key for the Primary Key Column?
7. How To Insert Multiple Rows with One INSERT Statement?
8. How To Update Values in a Table with UPDATE Statements?
9. How To Update Multiple Rows with One UPDATE Statement?
10. How to use old values to define new values in UPDATE statements?
11. Is the Order of Columns in the SET Clause Important?
12. How To Use Values from Other Tables in UPDATE Statements?
13. What Happens If the UPDATE Subquery Returns No Rows?
14. What Happens If the UPDATE Subquery Returns Multiple Rows?
15. How To Delete an Existing Row with DELETE Statements?
16. How To Delete Multiple Rows with One DELETE Statement?
17. How To Delete All Rows with DELETE Statements?
18. How To Delete All Rows with TRUNCATE TABLE Statement?