How to add a default to existing column in T-SQL?

Please help me with T-SQL sytax for adding a default constraint to existing
column. Books Online do not help at all.
Thanks!
Leon Shargorodsky
Leon,
alter table <table_name>
add constraint <constraint_name> DEFAULT (<expression>) for <column_name>
but it will not affect existing records
Thanks
Oleg
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|||Of course, you can fix existing rows with a simple update statement (
although it may take a while for a large table. ) .
The add default statement should run very quickly however.
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"Leon Shargorodsky" <LeonShargorodsky@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> Please help me with T-SQL sytax for adding a default constraint to
> existing
> column. Books Online do not help at all.
> Thanks!
> Leon Shargorodsky