Declaring a default constraint when creating a table

Question

I am creating a new table in Microsoft SQL server 2000 by writing the code instead of using the GUI, I am trying to learn how to do it \"the manual way\".

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Answer 1

Do it inline with the column creation:

[load_date] SMALLDATETIME NOT NULL
        CONSTRAINT [df_load_date] DEFAULT GETDATE()

I have used square brackets rather than quotes as many readers won't work with QUOTED_IDENTIFIERS on by default.