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How to set a Default Value

From
Ângelo Marcos Rigo
Date:
Hi

I have created a column item varchar(11) with default
value = 0

But when i do insert any record the value is set to
null.

How can i always get the defualt value if any other
value is not defined (sometimes it will have some
identification characters)

Thank´s in advance

Ângelo Marcos Rigo
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Rua Pe. Alois Kades 400/210
Porto Alegre /RS/Brasil
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Re: How to set a Default Value

From
Michael Glaesemann
Date:
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
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Re: How to set a Default Value

From
Sean Davis
Date:


On 1/13/06 8:10 AM, "Ângelo Marcos Rigo" <angelo_rigo@yahoo.com.br> wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have created a column item varchar(11) with default
> value = 0
> But when i do insert any record the value is set to
> null.

How are you defining your table and doing your insert?

Sean

Re: How to set a Default Value

From
Ângelo Marcos Rigo
Date:
My table definition (i change the deafult to 'N') :

CREATE TABLE pautaitem
(
  cdpautaitem serial NOT NULL,
  arquivo varchar(255),
  item varchar(255),
  cdpauta varchar(255),
  cditem varchar(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'N',
  CONSTRAINT pauta_arquivos_pkey PRIMARY KEY
(cdpautaitem)
)

My insert query:

INSERT INTO PautaItem (
         CdPauta,
         Item,
                 CdItem,
         Arquivo) VALUES (
         '"+this.sCdPauta',
         '"+this.sItem',
                 '"+this.sCdItem',
         '"+this.sArqImagem')

Ângelo Marcos Rigo
AMR Informática
(51) 3348 0870
Rua Pe. Alois Kades 400/210
Porto Alegre /RS/Brasil
http://amr.freezope.org
angelo_rigo@yahoo.com.br










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Re: How to set a Default Value

From
Michael Fuhr
Date:
On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 05:40:25PM +0000, ngelo Marcos Rigo wrote:
> My table definition (i change the deafult to 'N') :
>
> CREATE TABLE pautaitem
> (
>   cdpautaitem serial NOT NULL,
>   arquivo varchar(255),
>   item varchar(255),
>   cdpauta varchar(255),
>   cditem varchar(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'N',
>   CONSTRAINT pauta_arquivos_pkey PRIMARY KEY
> (cdpautaitem)
> )
>
> My insert query:
>
> INSERT INTO PautaItem (
>          CdPauta,
>          Item,
>                  CdItem,
>          Arquivo) VALUES (
>          '"+this.sCdPauta',
>          '"+this.sItem',
>                  '"+this.sCdItem',
>          '"+this.sArqImagem')

What was the result and how does it differ from what you were
expecting?  When I run the above statements I get

ERROR:  value too long for type character varying(11)

I assume the '"+this.sCdItem' values aren't literal but are going
to be interpolated into the INSERT statement by your application.
If that's the case, what does the final INSERT statement look like?
I'd guess you're inserting an empty string instead of NULL into the
cditem column, in which case the default expression won't be used.

--
Michael Fuhr