Re: Patch for column properties

Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When someone set a default value for a column and set NOT NULL at the
> same time, the query could fail if the table already contains NULL
> values for this column. This patch adds an UPDATE statement to put the
> DEFAULT value in this column for all NULL values (but only when you SET
> NULL and SET DEFAULT the column at the same time).
>
> I've done this patch for a friend but I don't quite like this patch
> because of its behaviour. It doesn't warn the user. I think it would be
> better to show a dialog telling that an UPDATE statement will be
> executed because otherwise the whole action could fail.
>
> So here are some questions :
> * do you think this patch is worth it ?

I'm not keen on the idea.I prefer to leave that sort of behaviour to the
server, *if* thats the way it gets written.

Regards, Dave