On Wednesday 22 January 2003 19:24, Valdir Stiebe Junior wrote:

> Creating a table with a not null field, and then trying to insert it
> doesn't raise an error 'Column XXX cannot be null'
> Well, this was the steps (sql to bypass filter) i did:
>
> 1. create table TEST ( id_test integer, name varchar(50) not null );
> 2. insert into TEST (id_test, name) values (1, 'ppl1');  (ok it works)
> 3. insert into TEST (id_test, name) values (2, NULL); (ok raise an error)
> 4. insert into TEST (id_test) values (3); (insert a row with name = '')
>
> This is correct? A bug? Or i'm to worried about raising errors? :)

It's a known behaviour and described here:
        http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Bugs.html

If you don't specify column explicit in the INSERT statement and column 
defined as NOT NULL empty string ''(or 0) will be inserted. 



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