Question

I know I can specify it inline like this:

CREATE TABLE dbo.MyTable
(
    Id INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT PK_MyTable_Id PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY,
    Created DATETIME NOT NULL CONSTRAINT DF_MyTable_Created DEFAULT GETDATE()
)

But I’d like to put all my constraints at the end of the table definition to keep them separate. I can’t seem to find out how to name the column for the default constraint if I put it at the end of the table definition. I can do it with primary/foreign keys and unique constraints, but don’t know how to specify the column name with a default constraint.

CREATE TABLE dbo.MyTable
(
    Id INT NOT NULL IDENTITY,
    Created DATETIME NOT NULL,
    CONSTRAINT PK_MyTable_Id PRIMARY KEY( Id ),
    CONSTRAINT DF_MyTable_Created DEFAULT GETDATE()
)

Answer 1

Do it separate with ALTER TABLE ADD….. syntax

like this

CREATE TABLE dbo.MyTable
(
    Id INT NOT NULL IDENTITY,
    Created DATETIME NOT NULL

)
GO

ALTER TABLE dbo.MyTable ADD CONSTRAINT PK_MyTable_Id PRIMARY KEY( Id ),
CONSTRAINT DF_MyTable_Created DEFAULT GETDATE() FOR Created
GO