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From David G. Johnston
Subject Re: insert into: NULL in date column
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In response to insert into: NULL in date column  (Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>)
Responses Re: insert into: NULL in date column  (Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>)
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On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 3:56 PM Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
>
> A table has this column definition:
>
> next_contact date DEFAULT '2020-11-06'
>                 CONSTRAINT valid_next_date
>                 CHECK (next_contact >= CURRENT_DATE),
>
> (and I don't know that it needs a default).

The default does seem a bit arbitrary and pointless...

David J.

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