Hi, Actually I read in a blog that this works in PostgreSQL (the author expected this) and not in MySQL. But to me, the way MySQL is handling this looks more reasonable.
You may want to read the blog here: http://www.redhillconsulting.com.au/blogs/simon/archives/000347.html Regards, Behi On 9/10/06, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Behrang Saeedzadeh wrote: > Hi, > > Shouldn't this create statement trigger an error? > > create table bar (col1 int not null default null); > > Shouldn't I be forbidden to insert null values into a non null column? What happens when you actually try to insert a record? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFAzbfS9HxQb37XmcRAq6zAJ0SeZKRrHScWhVIwf3F7gZXTdbUQwCgyo7n TZd05gua4cmoz4KMe01M5HQ= =Zf4H -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
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