Doctrinesupportsdefaultvaluesforalldatatypes.Whendefaultvalueisattachedtoarecordcolumnthismeanstwoofthings.FirstthisvalueisattachedtoeverynewlycreatedRecord.<codetype="php">classUserextendsDoctrine_record{publicfunctionsetTableDefinition(){$this->hasColumn('name','string',50,array('default'=>'default name'));}}$user=newUser();print$user->name;// default name</code>AlsowhenexportingrecordclasstodatabaseDEFAULT//value// is attached to column definition statement.