CREATE TABLE :: Null And Not Null
I recently created a new table in a database and wanted some fields to accept nulls (NULL) and others to not accept nulls (NOT NULL). The table was built correctly, however, when I went to edit a row in the Query Window of MySQL Browser it allowed me to enter in the row when the NOT NULL fields had no values attached to them - this should fail and stop me from entering a row.
Here is the script for the table I created;
CREATE TABLE SLG (
SLG_ID int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
SLG_CODE CHAR(1) NOT NULL,
SLG_DESCRIPTION VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
SLG_DATE_CREATED DATETIME NOT NULL,
SLG_DATE_MODIFIED DATETIME NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (SLG_ID)
);
When I apply the changes in this window it just enters NULLS into all the other fields. Is this a Query Browser issue. I tried doing the same with an INSERT statement and received the same result.
Also - related to creating a table - is it possible to create global Defaults on a database and then reference those in the DEFAULT statement of the CREATE TABLE command. MS SQL has a system function that can be executed after a table is created to bind a global default to a specific column.
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