Problem with parenthesis in the default value of a column

I am having a problem with the format of default values in SQL Server 2005. I
am using a legacy application that is not expecting the double parenthesis
around the default value that SQL Server adds. For instance, if
I set 0 (zero) as the default value for a column of type int as follows
ALTER TABLE Entity ADD CONSTRAINT [DF_Entity_Class] DEFAULT 0 FOR
Class)
then SQL Server will set the default value as ((0)). The problem is that the
legacy application is validating the default values and expecting just 0. I
own the database but have no control over the application. Therefore, I
cannot change the application to remove the parenthesis after reading the
value.
Is there any way to force SQL Server to store the default value without the
parenthesis or to return it without the parenthesis (note that the
application is reading the database tables directly).
Regards,
ArturHi
I don't think you can change the way it is stored but you could use the
REPLACE function to strip out the braces when you return it.
John
"artur" wrote:
> I am having a problem with the format of default values in SQL Server 2005. I
> am using a legacy application that is not expecting the double parenthesis
> around the default value that SQL Server adds. For instance, if
> I set 0 (zero) as the default value for a column of type int as follows
> ALTER TABLE Entity ADD CONSTRAINT [DF_Entity_Class] DEFAULT 0 FOR
> Class)
> then SQL Server will set the default value as ((0)). The problem is that the
> legacy application is validating the default values and expecting just 0. I
> own the database but have no control over the application. Therefore, I
> cannot change the application to remove the parenthesis after reading the
> value.
> Is there any way to force SQL Server to store the default value without the
> parenthesis or to return it without the parenthesis (note that the
> application is reading the database tables directly).
> Regards,
> Artur