> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael McTernan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

> > if you don't have error checking in yourself, that's your problem
> > not mysql's problem.
> 
> True, but still doesn't help when someone inexperienced with 
> MySQL makes a
> mistake and buggers the database... again.  I don't see why 
> you object to
> making things easier to use, even if it is only activated by 
> a -n00b option
> in mysql_safe.

It also doesn't help when you have ODBC-connected software from other
vendors that does hostile things.  We've got one app here that likes to try
to insert records with a primary key of "" in one of our databases.
Unfortunatly "" and NULL aren't the same thing, so setting NOT NULL doesn't
help.

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