I have a int property , i need to add a default value via annotation. I am using Spring Data JPA(Spring Boot). I tried with below, but it didn't work. is there any other way to do this ?

If you are using an int primitive, then the default value is always going to be 0.

If you are using hbm2ddl in production, then you are doing it all wrong. Use Flyway instead.

For numeric types, the default value is 0 if the column is NOT NULL, so just declare it as NOT NULL. If you still want to use hbm2ddl, just do it like that:

This is a int value and i need a give default value as 1. not the 0.

If you wanted it to be 1, why did you defined it as 0 in the column definition?



If you want it to be 1, then just initialize it as 1:



Hibernate will use the value of 1 if you don't overwrite it. If you are using @DynamicUpdate, then you need a SQL-level DEFAULT value as well.

If you are using hbm2ddl, then the column definition should be: INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 1



However, you need to make sure that the database supports the INT type too.