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alter table (mysql) adding column with default value of space (' ')

On my Mac, using 5.5.11 MySQL Community Server (GPL) alter table foobaz add column ( extendedTitle varchar(3000) DEFAULT NULL, clasindxIndent int, spacedash1 enum (' ', '-', '1') default ' ', ...
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How can I get MySQL to use the value returned by a function as a default?

I have a pre-existing table that has a column to that can hold a UUID. I'd like to be able to define a default such that new rows coming in (from legacy systems) will still get a UUID defined, via ...
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How to set addtime(current_timestamp, '15:00:00') as MySQL timestamp column default value?

I want to set `addtime(current_timestamp, '15:00:00') as the default value of one MySQL table column. I tried to do this with the following command but failed: mysql> alter table mytable change c1 ...