Re: default value syntax - pg compared to?

Emils,

> do you happen to know, if there is any sqlserver that WON'T handle
> inserting default value if it is not specified in the INSERT field
> list?
> I am particularly interested in ORACLE, INFORMIX and MYSQL .

MS SQL 6.5, 7.0 and 2000 all support default values on incremental
fields ... with some caveats:

1. Unlike PostgreSQL, MSSQL server will not permit you to override an
"Identity Value" auto-incrementing field;
2. MSSQL 6.5 and 7.0 do not support user-defined functions as
default-values (or, for that matter, user-defined functions at all).

Also, you should be aware that the pgODBC driver for Win32 clients does
not recognize PostgreSQL sequences correctly when called as default
vaues for other than a SERIAL field (i.e. if you use the DEFAULT
NEXTVAL('sequence') construction rather than the SERIAL type, pgODBC
will error out on INSERTS).

-Josh Berkus

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