Hi Jeff,

You're right, it *is* easy. (bg)

I just went into a table with several DateTime columns, and entered

getdate()

into the Default Value section of the Table Designer for three of them. SQL Server saved the table just fine (albeit placing an extra set of parentheses around what I typed).

Could you possibly have a trigger or a formula specified for the column in question?


>This is easy in FoxPro, of course, so I'm thinking it must be just as easy in MS-SQL, and that I only need to find out the right syntax.
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>I've created a DateTime field, and I want it to automatically populate with the current system date & time when a record is added.
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>Trouble is, whenever I try to enter anything—anything at all—into the Default Value field in Table Designer, I get an error: "Error validating the default for column 'tPaymentReceivedDate'."
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>What's an overworked genius to do?
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>TIA,
>Jeff