Setting a Default Value for a Field with SQL command

 
Sub SetDefaultFieldValue() 
    Dim conn As ADODB.Connection 
    Dim strTable As String 
    Dim strCol As String 
    Dim strDefVal As String 
    Dim strSQL As String 

    On Error GoTo ErrorHandler 
    Set conn = CurrentProject.Connection 

    strTable = "myTable" 
    strCol = "City" 
    strDefVal = "Boston" 
    strSQL = "ALTER TABLE " & strTable & _ 
        " ALTER " & strCol & " SET DEFAULT " & strDefVal 

    conn.Execute strSQL 

ExitHere: 
    conn.Close 
    Set conn = Nothing 
    Exit Sub 
ErrorHandler: 
    Debug.Print Err.Number & ":" & Err.Description 
    Resume ExitHere 
End Sub

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