Concept: Lets say we have table Properties with columns id and name (lets say with some predefined values: "Good" "Better" "Best"). Another table Users has column property_id with many to one relation on Properties (property_id => id). Users has default value on property_id, lets say 1 which means "Good". We might have another table analogue to Users however with default property, lets say "Better". What I need is ability to change default value for Users or other tables in administrator's panel.

In mysql I can set default value for column like this:

ALTER TABLE <Table> CHANGE <Column> DEFAULT <NEW_DEFAULT_VALUE>

I can retrieve default value:

SELECT DEFAULT(<Column>) FROM <Table> LIMIT 1

Is it possible to achieve this concept with Doctrine?

What I actually need is such method in my table class:

class UserTable extend Doctrine_Table {
    /* ... */
    getDefaultProperty() {

    }
    setDefaultProperty($value) {
        /* $value can be either integer or Doctrine_Record */
    }
}