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Re: Using Insert - Default in a condition expression ??

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>> I'm trying to write an INSERT INTO statement that will use a DEFAULT
>> value when an input parameter is null.
>>
> Neither of my 2 methods are pretty.
> 1) Use a trigger.
> 2) Grab and cast the default value from the information_schema.columns
> view and plug it in.
>
> Another option is to build your insert sql as a string and then execute it.
>
> Sim
>

Thanks... those approaches came to mind.  But I need something more
flexible as the Insert functions are generated by an ORM layer.  It
has to be simpler.

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