>>Hi,
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>>I am testing the following Alter command (in SSMS)
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>>alter TableName Alter ColumnName numeric (12,2) not null
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>>The result I get is what I want: the column size changes, it is not null, and The Default is set to 0 (which I did not specify above).
>>Is Default set to 0 (zero) by design because my expressing says Not Null?
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>>TIA
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>If you have set DEFAULT before altering the column usually must drop the constraint, alter column and then put the constraint back.
>I got to many errors from different versions of SQL Server when I tried to alter columns so I choose this approach.
>Maybe different versions handle this differently but I don't risk anymore.
The column had the DEFAULT set before I made the change of the column size. And I do prefer not to change the default. Do I understand correctly that the DEFAULT will stay the way it was before I change the size?
Thank you.
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