You can use the form of DEFAULT that omits the column name under certain conditions in an INSERT, UPDATE, or MERGE statement or in a predicate clause that involves a comparison operation. The form of DEFAULT that omits the column name cannot be part of an expression.
When the DEFAULT function does not specify a column name, Vantage derives the column based on context. For example, consider the following table definition:
CREATE TABLE Manager (Emp_ID INTEGER ,Dept_No INTEGER DEFAULT 99 );
The following INSERT statement uses DEFAULT without a column name to insert the default value into the Dept_No column:
INSERT INTO Manager VALUES (103499, DEFAULT);
Using the DEFAULT function without specifying a column name can produce an error if Vantage cannot derive the column context.
For an example that omits the column name when using the DEFAULT function in a predicate clause that involves a comparison operation, see Example: Using DEFAULT in a Predicate.