Question

Is there a way to set the default value of a column to DateTime.Now in Sql Server?

Example:

table Event
Id int (auto-increment) not null
Description nvarchar(50) not null
Date datetime not null

The line:

Insert into Event(Description) values('teste');

should insert a row and the Date value should be the current date.

Answer 1

Add a default constraint with the GETDATE() function as value.

ALTER TABLE myTable 
  ADD CONSTRAINT CONSTRAINT_NAME
    DEFAULT GETDATE() FOR myColumn