Try giving a number instead of a string as a default for an int.
Also, what do you mean by blank?
If you pass '' as a value, it will become 0 when converted to an int.
What happens if you omit the column completely on the insert?
"MikeBlezien" wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> I've created a table(using MySQL 3.23.33), using default values:
>
> DROP TABLE IF EXISTS referral;
> CREATE TABLE referral (
> refer_id int(10) UNSIGNED DEFAULT '100' NOT NULL,
> refer_fname varchar(20) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
> refer_lname varchar(20) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
> refer_email varchar(40) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
> UNIQUE INDEX idx_refid (refer_id)
> ) TYPE=MYISAM;
>
> It creates the table, no problems. But for some reason, if the refer_id is left
> blank during an INSERT, it defaults to "0" and not 100 ?? is this because of the
> UNIQUE INDEX on this column?? If your wonder, the refer_id is assigned a random
> 5 digit number within the Perl program. I was just testing to see if it would
> assign the default value if no value was assigned during an insert.
>
> Any suggestion appreciated.
>
> Mickalo
>
> Thanks,
> Mike(mickalo)Blezien
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