simpleColumnName [ dataType ] [ columnLevelConstraint ]* [ [ WITH ] DEFAULT defaultConstantExpression | generatedColumnSpec | generationClause ] [ columnLevelConstraint ]*
The syntax of dataType is described in Data types. The dataType can be omitted only if you specify a generationClause. If you omit the dataType, the type of the generated column is the type of the generationClause. If you specify both a dataType and a generationClause, the type of the generationClause must be assignable to dataType.
The syntaxes of columnLevelConstraint and tableLevelConstraint are described in CONSTRAINT clause.
For the definition of a default value, a defaultConstantExpression is an expression that does not refer to any table. It can include constants, date-time special registers, current schemas, users, roles, and null:
defaultConstantExpression:
NULL
| CURRENT { SCHEMA | SQLID }
| USER | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER | CURRENT_ROLE
| DATE
| TIME
| TIMESTAMP
| CURRENT DATE | CURRENT_DATE
| CURRENT TIME | CURRENT_TIME
| CURRENT TIMESTAMP | CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
| literal
For details about Derby literal values, see Data types.
The values in a defaultConstantExpression must be compatible in type with the column, but a defaultConstantExpression has the following additional type restrictions: