Setting Default Values for Parameters
You can assign a default value to a parameter by specifying a value in the definition of the parameter, as shown in Listing 25.12.
Alter PROCEDURE Emp_Dept @dept_name nvarchar(50) = '%'ASBEGIN SELECT p.Lastname, p.FirstName, d.Name FROM HumanResources.Department d JOIN HumanResources.EmployeeDepartmentHistory edh ON d.DepartmentID = edh.DepartmentID AND edh.EndDate IS null JOIN person.Person p ON p.BusinessEntityID = edh.BusinessEntityID WHERE d.name LIKE @dept_name ORDER BY d.departmentID RETURN 0END
You can have SQL Server apply the default ...
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