Insert default value when null is inserted

Question

I have an Oracle database, and a table with several not null columns, all with default values.

I would like to use one insert statement for any data I want to insert, a

Answer 1

The better option for performance is the first one.

Anyway, as I understand, you don't want to repeat the insert column names and values due the difficult to make modifications. Another option you can use is to run an insert with returning clause followed by an update:

INSERT INTO schema.my_table
    ( pk_column, other_column, not_null_column_with_default_value)
VALUES
    (:pk_column,:other_column, :not_null_column_with_default_value)
RETURNING not_null_column_with_default_value 
INTO :insered_value

It seems to work with PHP.

After this you can check for null on insered_value bind variable. If it's null you can run the following update:

UPDATE my_table
   SET not_null_column_with_default_value  = DEFAULT
 WHERE  pk_column = :pk_column: