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Re: using nvl when insert or update

From: damorgan <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 17:33:50 GMT
Message-ID: <3C8CEA98.43F24FA2@exesolutions.com>


ALTER TABLE mytable
MODIFY (mycolumn DEFAULT 0);

No triggers, no NVL, no code, no hassles.

Daniel Morgan

Ryan Gaffuri wrote:

> I know I can do this if I explicitly call it, but Id like to automate
> it.
>
> If for some reason someone adds a null value to a field, Id like to
> change it with a nvl to 0. I dont want an error to come back. The
> field will be in the same table that is being inserted or updated so I
> cant use a trigger.
>
> Anyway to automate this?
Received on Mon Mar 11 2002 - 11:33:50 CST

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