use current date as default value for a column

Question

Is there a way to set the default value of a column to DateTime.Now in Sql Server?

Example:

table Event
Id int (auto-increment) not null
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Answer 1

CREATE TABLE Orders(
    O_Id int NOT NULL,
    OrderNo int NOT NULL,
    P_Id int,
    OrderDate date DEFAULT GETDATE() // you can set default constraints while creating the table
)