Add default value of datetime field in SQL Server to a timestamp

Question

I\'ve got a table that collects forms submitted from our website, but for some reason, when they created the table, they didn\'t put a timestamp in the table. I want it to e

Answer 1

The syntax for this when creating a new table is:

CREATE TABLE MyTable
(
    MYTableID INT IDENTITY(1,1),

    CreateDate DATETIME NOT NULL CONSTRAINT DF_MyTable_CreateDate_GETDATE DEFAULT GETDATE()
)