PostgreSQL Create Table: Create a table to set default value, a minimum value and a NULL as default value for specific columns

9. Write a SQL statement to create a table named jobs, including job_id, job_title, min_salary and max_salary, and make sure that, the default value for job_title is blank and min_salary is 8000 and max_salary is NULL will be entered automatically at the time of insertion if no value assigned for the specified columns.

Sample Solution:

Code:

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS jobs ( 
JOB_ID varchar(10) NOT NULL UNIQUE, 
JOB_TITLE varchar(35) NOT NULL DEFAULT ' ', 
MIN_SALARY decimal(6,0) DEFAULT 8000, 
MAX_SALARY decimal(6,0) DEFAULT NULL
);

Output:

postgres=# CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS jobs (
postgres(# JOB_ID varchar(10) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
postgres(# JOB_TITLE varchar(35) NOT NULL DEFAULT ' ',
postgres(# MIN_SALARY decimal(6,0) DEFAULT 8000,
postgres(# MAX_SALARY decimal(6,0) DEFAULT NULL
postgres(# );
CREATE TABLE

Here is the command to see the structure of the created table :

postgres=# \d jobs
                            Table "public.jobs"
   Column   |         Type          |                Modifiers
------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------
 job_id     | character varying(10) | not null
 job_title  | character varying(35) | not null default ' '::character varying
 min_salary | numeric(6,0)          | default 8000
 max_salary | numeric(6,0)          | default NULL::numeric
Indexes:
    "jobs_job_id_key" UNIQUE CONSTRAINT, btree (job_id)

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