Hi all, The title says almost all. Declaring a field in the Service layer as follow, <xs:element name="scalarValuesComputed" type="xs:boolean"/> … this field will be then turned to a column in the database. Is it possible to assign a default value for this column through the Service layer declaration? Something like: <xs:element name="scalarValuesComputed" type="xs:boolean" default=”true”/> Thank you by advance for your help and have a nice day. Best regards, Sébastien

Hi Sébastien, AFAIK, declaring a default value for a field is only done in the application layer as this is the layer where field types are declared and term lists are enumerated. It seems plausible that a boolean type field could be given a default value in the services layer since a (non-repeating) boolean is guaranteed to have only one of two values, whereas any other field with attribute type="xs:string" could be a variety of field types (and values) depending on tenant configuration and scope. Nonetheless, adding a default value to a field, say boolean, in the application layer configuration would look like this example Ray Lee shared a few months back*: <field id="approvedForWeb" section="pahma" datatype="boolean"> <default>true</default> </field> Hope this helps, - Jesse * http://lists.collectionspace.org/pipermail/talk_lists.collectionspace.org/2012-June/000850.html and also documented on the wiki, http://wiki.collectionspace.org/display/DOC/cspace-config+Fields#cspace-configFields-default%28element%29 On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Sébastien Brossard < Sebastien.Brossard@smk.dk> wrote: > Hi all,**** > > ** ** > > The title says almost all.**** > > ** ** > > Declaring a field in the Service layer as follow, **** > > *<xs:element name="scalarValuesComputed" type="xs:boolean"/>* > > … this field will be then turned to a column in the database.**** > > ** ** > > Is it possible to assign a default value for this column through the > Service layer declaration? **** > > Something like:**** > > *<xs:element name="scalarValuesComputed" type="xs:boolean" default=”true” > />* > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Thank you by advance for your help and have a nice day.**** > > ** ** > > Best regards,**** > > Sébastien**** > > _______________________________________________ > Talk mailing list > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org > >