Question

I am writing a deployment script that

1. Creates a new column with a default value of 0 and is Null-able
2. UPDATE the column data where a certain condition is met

Also note that if I explicitly set the default value to 0 in a INSERT Statement I recieve the same error when I am UPDATING data-

ERROR MESSAGE –

Invalid column name ‘isConvertWithDivison’.

SQL I AM USING –

ALTER TABLE dbo.accountCurrencies 
    ADD isConvertWithDivison BIT NULL DEFAULT 0

UPDATE dbo.accountCurrencies SET  isConvertWithDivison = 1 WHERE  currencyName = 'USD'  

INSERT dbo.accountCurrencies 
        ( currencyName)
VALUES  ( 'AUD'),( 'DKK'),( 'RUB'),( 'SEK')

Seems Obvious what is going on but how do I work around this?

I have tried this to get the new collumn commited to the database before I execute the data changes but still no luck.

BEGIN TRANSACTION
    ALTER TABLE dbo.accountCurrencies 
        ADD isConvertWithDivison BIT NULL DEFAULT 0
COMMIT TRANSACTION

UPDATE dbo.accountCurrencies SET  isConvertWithDivison = 1 WHERE  currencyName = 'USD'  

INSERT dbo.accountCurrencies 
        ( currencyName)
VALUES  ( 'AUD'),( 'DKK'),( 'RUB'),( 'SEK')

FYI – Running SQL 2008 R2

Answer 1

use GO after alter statement,

ALTER TABLE dbo.accountCurrencies 
    ADD isConvertWithDivison BIT NULL DEFAULT 0

go

UPDATE dbo.accountCurrencies SET  isConvertWithDivison = 1 WHERE  currencyName = 'USD'  

go
INSERT dbo.accountCurrencies 
        ( currencyName)
VALUES  ( 'AUD'),( 'DKK'),( 'RUB'),( 'SEK')