Provides a default value for a column if the row that is inserted does not include a value for that column. You can use any value expression including subqueries, conditional, character, date/time, and numeric expressions as default values. See Value Expressions for more information about value expressions. For more information about NULL, see the NULL_Keyword HELP topic. The value expressions described in Value Expressions include DBKEY and aggregate functions. However, the DEFAULT clause is not a valid location for referencing a DBKEY or an aggregate function. If you attempt to reference either, you receive a compile-time error. If you do not specify a default value, a column inherits the default value from the domain. If you do not specify a default value for either the column or domain, SQL assigns NULL as the default value.