Re: not allowing empty strings

2008-03-24 Thread Rob Wultsch
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Ferindo Middleton < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, maybe my problem isn't necessarily on user input. My app does check > for this and not allow empty strings. I guess the problem more so exists > because I get files from the client to LOAD into the database. I

Re: not allowing empty strings

2008-03-24 Thread Ferindo Middleton
Well, maybe my problem isn't necessarily on user input. My app does check for this and not allow empty strings. I guess the problem more so exists because I get files from the client to LOAD into the database. I have several SQL scripts in a library that I choose from to load the data, different s

Re: not allowing empty strings

2008-03-22 Thread Rob Wultsch
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Ferindo Middleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way to not allow empty strings in the database for a data type. I > have a column set to not null but sometimes users enter empty strings which > are also unacceptable. How can I force MySQL to disallow em

not allowing empty strings

2008-03-22 Thread Ferindo Middleton
Is there a way to not allow empty strings in the database for a data type. I have a column set to not null but sometimes users enter empty strings which are also unacceptable. How can I force MySQL to disallow empty strings in addition to not null. Ferindo