From: PFC <lists@boutiquenumerique.com>
To: Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon@thenilgiris.com>
To: weberp@paradise.net.nz
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Query performance problem
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:57:40 +0100
Message-ID: <opsnsbqe05th1vuj@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200503171801.19412.lawgon@thenilgiris.com>
References: <200503172120.20676.weberp@paradise.net.nz>
<200503171801.19412.lawgon@thenilgiris.com>
> although may be not relevant to your question, as i have noticed this
> before with mysql 'sql', what is the point of having a NOT NULL field
> that defaults to 0? the whole idea of a NOT NULL field is to have the
> value filled in compulsorily and having a default of 0 or '' defeats
> the purpose
Well if you define your field as NOT NULL mysql will automatically set it
to 0 if you store a NULL anyway, so you might as well specify it in your
table definitions so it looks like you wanted it...
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