>>Aleksey,
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>>Does DEFAULT gets evaluated in TABLEUPDATE only, not when we add a record to CA? If yes, should I try to update the field myself manually and then set field's state with SETFLDSTATE if I want to show this field on the form?
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>
>Hi Naomi,
>
>The DEFAULT value is associated with the field in the cursor and behaves exactly the same way as in any other cursor.
>
>Thanks,
>Aleksey.

Aleksey,

In my particular case I was using VFP8 and I don't think that DEFAULT values are working correctly in this version.

See Re: CA with native database and DEFAULT values Thread #1208992 Message #1209086

Thanks again.