How Do I Give A Column Default Value While Inserting From Another Table In Joins

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Like giving default value as NULL while inserting column from another table .. ?

Posted 14-Jan-14 22:50pm

ankush1989

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Taha Akhtar 15-Jan-14 5:56am

isnull(yourcoulmn,yourvalue)

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Use IsNull or Coalesce to set defaults for when a value is null. Use Case.. when... else... end where you want to set defaults based on existing non null values.

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Posted 15-Jan-14 11:04am

Christian Graus

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Maciej Los 15-Jan-14 18:29pm

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Kush R · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-14T23:19:00

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Hello,

You can refer this link in detail : https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/t-sql-programming/null-friendly-using-sparse-columns-and-column-sets-in-sql-server/[^]

Posted 14-Jan-14 23:19pm

Kush R