Welche Version von MySQL ist das?
In welchem Modus laufen Sie?
SELECT @@GLOBAL.SQL_MODE, @@SESSION.SQL_MODE;
(Dies sollte im Kontext Ihrer Anwendung ausgeführt werden, nur für den Fall, dass sie geändert wird.)
MySQL ist folgendermaßen dokumentiert: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/data-type-defaults.html
As of MySQL 5.0.2, if a column definition includes no explicit DEFAULT value, MySQL determines the default value as follows:
If the column can take NULL as a value, the column is defined with an explicit DEFAULT NULL clause. This is the same as before 5.0.2.
If the column cannot take NULL as the value, MySQL defines the column with no explicit DEFAULT clause. For data entry, if an INSERT or REPLACE statement includes no value for
the column, MySQL handles the column according to the SQL mode in effect at the time:
If strict SQL mode is not enabled, MySQL sets the column to the implicit default value for the column data type.
Meine eigenen Tests können Ihr Problem nicht duplizieren
mysql> CREATE TABLE `my_table` (
-> `entry_id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
-> `address` varchar(512) NOT NULL,
-> `follow_up_to` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
-> PRIMARY KEY (`entry_id`),
-> KEY `follow_up_to` (`follow_up_to`)
-> ) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=536 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
Query OK, 0 rows affected, 2 warnings (0.16 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO my_table VALUES (NULL, NULL, NULL);
ERROR 1048 (23000): Column 'address' cannot be null
mysql> INSERT INTO my_table (follow_up_to) VALUES (NULL);
Query OK, 1 row affected, 1 warning (0.10 sec)
mysql> SHOW WARNINGS;
+---------+------+----------------------------------------------+
| Level | Code | Message |
+---------+------+----------------------------------------------+
| Warning | 1364 | Field 'address' doesn't have a default value |
+---------+------+----------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> SELECT * FROM my_table;
+----------+---------+--------------+
| entry_id | address | follow_up_to |
+----------+---------+--------------+
| 537 | | NULL |
+----------+---------+--------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
Die Tatsache, dass die alten Daten Nullen hatten, sollte keine Rolle spielen. Die Alter-Tabelle sollte die Nullen in leere Zeichenfolgen 'abgeschnitten' haben
mysql> SHOW CREATE TABLE my_table\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
Table: my_table
Create Table: CREATE TABLE `my_table` (
`entry_id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`address` varchar(512) NOT NULL,
`follow_up_to` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`entry_id`),
KEY `follow_up_to` (`follow_up_to`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=536 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
1 row in set (0.04 sec)
mysql> ALTER TABLE my_table MODIFY address VARCHAR(512) NULL DEFAULT NULL;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.76 sec)
Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
mysql> INSERT INTO my_table VALUES (NULL, NULL, NULL), (NULL, NULL, NULL);
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.05 sec)
Records: 2 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
mysql> SELECT * FROM my_table;
+----------+---------+--------------+
| entry_id | address | follow_up_to |
+----------+---------+--------------+
| 535 | | NULL |
| 536 | NULL | NULL |
| 537 | NULL | NULL |
+----------+---------+--------------+
3 rows in set (0.04 sec)
mysql> ALTER TABLE my_table MODIFY address VARCHAR(512) NOT NULL;
Query OK, 3 rows affected, 2 warnings (0.83 sec)
Records: 3 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 2
mysql> SHOW WARNINGS;
+---------+------+----------------------------------------------+
| Level | Code | Message |
+---------+------+----------------------------------------------+
| Warning | 1265 | Data truncated for column 'address' at row 2 |
| Warning | 1265 | Data truncated for column 'address' at row 3 |
+---------+------+----------------------------------------------+
2 rows in set (0.04 sec)
mysql> SELECT * FROM my_table;
+----------+---------+--------------+
| entry_id | address | follow_up_to |
+----------+---------+--------------+
| 535 | | NULL |
| 536 | | NULL |
| 537 | | NULL |
+----------+---------+--------------+
3 rows in set (0.04 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO my_table VALUES (NULL, NULL, NULL), (NULL, NULL, NULL);
Query OK, 2 rows affected, 2 warnings (0.08 sec)
Records: 2 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 2
mysql> SELECT * FROM my_table;
+----------+---------+--------------+
| entry_id | address | follow_up_to |
+----------+---------+--------------+
| 535 | | NULL |
| 536 | | NULL |
| 537 | | NULL |
| 538 | | NULL |
| 539 | | NULL |
+----------+---------+--------------+
5 rows in set (0.05 sec)