Totally Dumb Dev Question

• Shaun McGuile

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  December 18, 2008 at 7:58 am

  #125108

  One dev just asked me

  "If you have a table with an autogen id column, and a datetime column which defaults to now() (dev speak for CURRENT_TIMESTAMP 🙂 ) can you just insert rows without adding anything else?"

  Hmmm I thought sounds bizzare insert a row without adding any other data................:crazy:

  I don't think it would work.... how do you do the insert?

  You have to add something to the row to get it to generate an instance of a row and bind it to the table. i.e. a data item into a third column.

  (Time to educate with extreme predjudice) 😀

  --Shaun

  Hiding under a desk from SSIS Implemenation Work :crazy:

• ChrisM@Work

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  December 18, 2008 at 8:02 am

  #914566

  Hi Shaun

  Wasn't this a qotd earlier in the year?

  INSERT INTO table Default Values

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• Shaun McGuile

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  December 18, 2008 at 8:10 am

  #914573

  Can't say I saw that one Chris, but I'll go check it out cheers.

  So it is possible :crazy: using

  INSERT INTO 'tablename' Default Values

  Amazing 😀 Them devs are not so dumb afterall. 😛

  --Shaun

  Hiding under a desk from SSIS Implemenation Work :crazy: