Re: default values

You can pick which column gets the default value by omitting the
appropriate field from the INSERT command.

eg:

CREATE TABLE test (a int default 0, b text default 'foo');
INSERT INTO test (a) VALUES (10); -- b gets default value
INSERT INTO test (b) VALUES ('bar'); -- a gets default value

On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 18:49, Felipe Schnack wrote:
> Yes, and you're not wrong (but I don't consider it right too)
>
> 1- As I said, my reasons to want that are laziness :-)
> Why? Because I store my inserts in an separated, XML file, so I can't
> build sql commands on the fly, adding parameters as required, as many
> people do. So, as I am lazy, I want to use the same insert command, but
> specify that a specific column should get its default value. Is much
> easier than edit a separated file, etc, etc
>
> 2- This feature is avaliable in pgsql. Why not implement it?
>
> On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 17:16, Stuart Robinson wrote:
> > Hi, Felipe.
> >
> > I'm been trying to follow the discussion about default values and I'm a little
> > confused. I think David's reply is sensible. Unless I'm missing something, I
> > don't think there's an issue for inserts. All you have to do is not specify the
> > default column in the insert and it will automatically get the default value. I
> > think the issue only arises when you do updates, if you want to revert to the
> > default for a column that has been changed since it was originally inserted.
> >
> > Ate mais,
> > Stuart
> >
> > Quoting David Wall <David(dot)Wall(at)Yozons(dot)com>:
> >
> > > Why not simply remove varcharfield2 from the INSERT statement and let the
> > > database insert that value with the default value? Isn't the purpose of a
> > > default value to have the DB put that value in when none is specified?
> >
> > --
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> >
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