CREATE DEFAULT

A default specifies the value to be inserted into a column whenever no value is supplied.

This command will be removed in a future version of SQL Server. Avoid using this command in new development work, and plan to modify any application that currently uses it.

Syntax
      CREATE DEFAULT [schema.] default_name 
         AS constant_expression [;]

Key:
    default_name         Name of the default.
    constant_expression  An expression containing only constant values

You can create a DEFAULT definition as part of the table definition when you create a table. If a table already exists, you can add a DEFAULT definition to it. Each column in a table can contain one DEFAULT definition.

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Related commands:

sp_help - List the defaults that exist
sp_unbindefault - Unbind the default from a column or an alias data type.
DROP DEFAULT

Equivalent Oracle command:

ALTER TABLE ... DEFAULT