Find Column Default Value using T-SQL – SQL Server

Here’s how to find the default value of a Column using T-SQL. We will find the default value of the UnitPrice column in the Products table of the Northwind database

SELECT object_definition(default_object_id) AS DefaultValue
FROM   sys.columns
WHERE  name  = 'UnitPrice'
AND    object_id = object_id('Products')

OUTPUT

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