Preparing a MySQL INSERT/UPDATE statement with DEFAULT values

Question

Quoting MySQL INSERT manual - same goes for UPDATE:

Use the keyword DEFAULT to set a column explicitly to its default value. This makes it easier to w

Answer 1

Try changing this:

$statement = $pdoObject->
    prepare("INSERT INTO table1 (column1,column2) values (?,?)");
$statement->execute(array('value1','DEFAULT'));

To this:

$statement = $pdoObject->
    prepare("INSERT INTO table1 (column1,column2) values (?,DEFAULT)");
$statement->execute(array('value1'));

It seems to me that your original code will give you this:

INSERT INTO table1 (column1,column2) values ('value1','DEFAULT')

My code should give you this:

INSERT INTO table1 (column1,column2) values ('value1',DEFAULT)