Preparando uma instrução MySQL INSERT/UPDATE com valores DEFAULT

$pdo = new PDO("mysql:host=localhost;dbname=test", 'localonly', 'localonly'); 
$pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);

$pdo->exec("
  CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE foo (
    id int auto_increment,
    x int NOT NULL DEFAULT 99,
    y DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT '2010-03-17 01:00:00',
    z varchar(64) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'abc',
    primary key(id)
  )
");


$stmt = $pdo->prepare('
  INSERT INTO
    foo
    (x,y,z)
  VALUES
    (
      Coalesce(:x, Default(x)),
      Coalesce(:y, Default(y)),
      Coalesce(:z, Default(z))
    )
');
$stmt->bindParam(':x', $x);
$stmt->bindParam(':y', $y);
$stmt->bindParam(':z', $z);


$testdata = array(
  array(null, null, null),
  array(1, null, 'lalala'),
  array(null, '2009-12-24 18:00:00', null)
);
foreach($testdata as $row) {
  list($x,$y,$z) = $row;
  $stmt->execute();
}
unset($stmt);
foreach( $pdo->query('SELECT id,x,y,z FROM foo', PDO::FETCH_NUM) as $row) {
  echo join(', ', $row), "\n";
}

1, 99, 2010-03-17 01:00:00, abc
2, 1, 2010-03-17 01:00:00, lalala
3, 99, 2009-12-24 18:00:00, abc