default values

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 5/6/05 3:50 PM, "Robert Brenstein" <rjb at robelko.com> wrote:

> I just looked at the issue of default values for fields in V2. The
> kernel doc is not consistent on that, so I am not sure whether it is
> already supported or is planned to be added soon.

It is supported. On both API and SQL levels.

> When discussing SetBlank on page 46, there is no mention of default
> values. On page 59, the discussion of SetBlank mentions using default
> values, but on page 98 there is no mention of defaults again.
> Confusing.

We will polish this

> Furthermore, SetBlank should allow me to either use or ignore
> defaults, me thinks. I can think of situations requiring one or the
> other. May be we should have SetDefaults to do what is described on
> page 59 and keep SetBlank as described on pages 46 and 98. Or add a
> parameter to SetBlank telling it whether to use defaults or not.
> 
> I can't say what the situation is for creating new fields. The doc
> mentions CreateField() method when discussing CreateTable on page 35
> but I can't find it anywhere else in that doc.

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