https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/general/35042/default-value-in-database-not-populatingHi there, I have created a table in the DB with a default value of current timestamp for a dateTime column. However when i try to write to it using a CDT the default column is null. Table structure. CDT definition. Any help would been-USTelligent Community 12https://community.appian.com/thread/135691?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 21 May 2024 16:26:01 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:a7b92482-518c-42c7-bbc0-9af531edbb8fMike Schmitt<p>ooh, nice.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/135689?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 21 May 2024 16:19:42 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:6d8f9bd3-368e-47c7-8a4b-6f817212c8a2Stewart Burchell<p>It&#39;s probably of no consolation but this *does* work if you use the modern Write Records smart service i.e. the default value (for the &#39;MODIFIED_ON&#39; column in my test example) is set to the value of &#39;<span>current_timestamp(6)&#39;</span></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/135688?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 21 May 2024 16:01:36 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:0534bc2f-a571-4418-a836-b2879d1a9dcfMike Schmitt<p>AFAIK the &quot;default value&quot; for a column (when we&#39;re talking about the SQL table definition) only applies when adding that column to an existing table with existing entries - and perhaps some other aspects of directly adding new rows to the table directly via SQL commands and/or in the PHPMyAdmin interface - but it has no bearing on what happens when you create new rows in a process (nor does Appian have any insight into what the SQL &quot;default&quot; setting is set to).</p> <p>Long story short: you&#39;ll need to manually populate that value when creating rows in Appian, as always.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>