Re: default values

Felipe Schnack wrote:
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>   2- This feature is avaliable in pgsql. Why not implement it?
>
Since default column capability isn't part of the jdbc standard yet (but
since it is part of the SQL standard, I would expect it to be added
someday to the jdbc spec), adding support for it would require the user
to write non-portable jdbc code.  Since there is a portable way to
accomplish the same thing (i.e. not include the column in the insert), I
don't see a compelling reason to add this functionality.

thanks,
--Barry



> On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 17:16, Stuart Robinson wrote:
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>>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.Wall@Yozons.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?
>>
>>--
>>Stuart Robinson <stuart@zapata.org>
>>
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