On Sun, 2002-11-24 at 08:34, Philip Warner wrote: > At 03:48 PM 23/11/2002 -0800, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > >I assume that's the correct behaviour? If they specify a default, the > >column should be auto-filled with that default, right? > > Good question. We might want some input from other DBs; Dec RDB default > existing rows to NULL irrespective of the 'DEFAULT' clause.
Also, how would I express a new column with default for which I _want_ that column in old records to be NULL ? ---------------- Hannu ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
