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Posted Monday, November 19, 2012 3:08 AM
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Good, easy question.
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Posted Monday, November 26, 2012 12:53 PM
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What is the difference between option 1 and option 2? If option one would cause the default to be selected because that column will be null why doesn't manually setting it null cause the same thing?
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ScottC91 (11/26/2012)
What is the difference between option 1 and option 2? If option one would cause the default to be selected because that column will be null why doesn't manually setting it null cause the same thing?
Basically because you are inserting a value. Well the absence of a value really, but you are being specific about what you want in the field.
Look at it like this. In a nullable column without a user defined default, the default is actually NULL. If you insert a value, even NULL, you are telling SQL that you want that value in the field. If you don't pass in a value (or use the keyword DEFAULT) you are asking for the default.
Interestingly enough the following code will demonstrate this:
DECLARE @temp TABLE (temp int null)
INSERT INTO @temp VALUES (DEFAULT)
SELECT * FROM @temp
Note that I don't have a user defined default for the column temp, but when I use the DEFAULT keyword I get a null in the field.
Hope that helps.
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Good and Easy One.
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