On Jan 13, 2006, at 22:10 , Ângelo Marcos Rigo wrote:
> I have created a column item varchar(11) with default
> value = 0
How did you set the default to 0? Can we see your table definition
statement? Also, note that 0 is an integer: you probably want
'0' (with the single quotes).
> But when i do insert any record the value is set to
> null.
How are your inserting records? Can we see your insert statement?
> How can i always get the defualt value if any other
> value is not defined (sometimes it will have some
> identification characters)
If you want to guarantee that there will always be *some* value, make
sure you set the column NOT NULL as well.
If this doesn't help, please provide a simple, complete example that
shows the behavior you describe so we may help you further.
Michael Glaesemann
grzm myrealbox com
