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@ -34492,10 +34492,13 @@ example, if you specify a column list that doesn't name all the columns in
the table, unnamed columns are set to their default values. Default value
assignment is described in @ref{CREATE TABLE, , @code{CREATE TABLE}}.
You can also use the keyword @code{DEFAULT} to set a column to it's
defaults value. (New in MySQL 4.0.3). This makes it easier to write
insert statements as you don't have to use a field-name list just because
you don't want to set a value for a few columns.
You can also use the keyword @code{DEFAULT} to set a column to its
default value. (New in MySQL 4.0.3.) This makes it easier to write
@code{INSERT} statements that assign values to all but a few columns,
because it allows you to avoid writing an incomplete @code{VALUES()} list
(a list that does not include an value for each column in the table).
Otherwise, you would have to write out the list of column names
corresponding to each value in the @code{VALUES()} list.
MySQL always has a default value for all fields. This is something
that is imposed on MySQL to be able to work with both transactional