Beings as I haven't gotten an answer to this, is there a better place to find information on this?
----- Original Message ----- From: "David M. Peak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MySQL List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 1:03 PM Subject: Re: Changing Default for Not Null to NOTHING > I just tried something and would a second opinion: > > I re-configured my MySQL server on my RH Linux machine using the following : > > CXXFLAGS=-DDONT_USE_DEFAULT_FIELDS ./configure > > and ran the following SQL: > > CREATE TABLE FOO (foo int NOT NULL DEFAULT 5, foo1 INT NULL); > > INSERT INTO FOO (foo1) VALUES (1); > > MySQL-Error: > ====================== > 1048 - Column 'foo' cannot be null. > > So is it true that you either have an installation of MySQL that will have > defaults for NOT NULL defined columns (explicity or implied) or you can have > an installation that does not allow default values for NOT NULL defined > columns? > > What I want is to be able to create a table that has columns defined as NOT > NULL and if I don't assign a default to that column, I want an error if I > don't give it a value on insert. What I DON'T want is to define a column as > NOT NULL with NO EXPLICIT DEFAULT to get a value if it is left out of an > insert statements list of column/value set. > > Does this make sense?? > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David M. Peak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "MySQL List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 9:22 AM > Subject: Changing Default for Not Null to NOTHING > > > > Is there a way for me to NOT have a default value for a column in a table > > that I define as NOT NULL? > > > > EXAMPLE SQL: > > > > mysql> CREATE TABLE FOO (foo1 int NOT NULL); > > Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.05 sec) > > > > mysql> DESCRIBE FOO; > > +-------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+ > > | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | > > +-------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+ > > | foo1 | int(11) | | | 0 | | > > +-------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+ > > 1 row in set (0.00 sec) > > > > mysql> > > > > I don't want the default to be 0 (zero).... Any ideas? > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Before posting, please check: > > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
