Set Parameter Defaults for Stored Procedures

Did you know that you can set defaults for your Stored Procedure parameters? No? Well, it turns out that you can. And it’s pretty straight forward too.

To set a default to a stored procedure parameter all you have to do is add “= <value>” when you declare your parameters in your CREATE PROCEDURE statement.

CREATE PROCEDURE usp_MyStoredProcedure (@Parameter1 DATE = GetDate(), @Parameter2 VARCHAR(10) = ‘MyValue’)

That’s it!