DEFAULT

Description

When DEFAULT clause is in the ALTER statement, Snowconvert will comment out the entire statement, since it is not supported.

The only functional scenario happens when the table definition is on the same file, in this way the default is added in the column definition.

Sample Source Patterns

SQL Server

IN -> SqlServer_01.sql

CREATE TABLE table1
(
  col1 integer not null,
  col2 varchar collate Latin1_General_CS,
  col3 date not null
)

ALTER TABLE table1
ADD CONSTRAINT col1_constraint DEFAULT 50 FOR col1;

ALTER TABLE table1
ADD CONSTRAINT col2_constraint DEFAULT 'hello world' FOR col2;

ALTER TABLE table1
ADD CONSTRAINT col3_constraint DEFAULT getdate() FOR col3;

Snowflake

OUT -> SqlServer_01.sql

CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE table1 (
  col1 INTEGER not null DEFAULT 50,
  col2 VARCHAR COLLATE 'EN-CS' DEFAULT 'hello world',
  col3 DATE not null DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP() :: TIMESTAMP
)
COMMENT = '{"origin":"sf_sc","name":"snowconvert","version":{"major":1, "minor":0},{"attributes":{"component":"transact"}}'
;

ALTER TABLE table1
ADD CONSTRAINT col1_constraint
                               !!!RESOLVE EWI!!! /*** SSC-EWI-TS0055 - DEFAULT CONSTRAINT MAY HAVE BEEN ADDED TO TABLE DEFINITION ***/!!!
                               DEFAULT 50 FOR col1;

ALTER TABLE table1
ADD CONSTRAINT col2_constraint
                               !!!RESOLVE EWI!!! /*** SSC-EWI-TS0055 - DEFAULT CONSTRAINT MAY HAVE BEEN ADDED TO TABLE DEFINITION ***/!!!
                               DEFAULT 'hello world' FOR col2;

ALTER TABLE table1
ADD CONSTRAINT col3_constraint
                               !!!RESOLVE EWI!!! /*** SSC-EWI-TS0055 - DEFAULT CONSTRAINT MAY HAVE BEEN ADDED TO TABLE DEFINITION ***/!!!
                               DEFAULT getdate() FOR col3;

Known Issues

1. ALTER TABLE DEFAULT clause is not supported in Snowflake.

The entire ALTER TABLE DEFAULT clause is commented out, since it is not supported in Snowflake.

Related EWIs

• SSC-EWI-TS0055: Default constraint was commented out and may have been added to a table definition.