On 1/17/07, Jonathan Vanasco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 17, 2007, at 12:56 PM, John Siracusa wrote: >> But now that I look further, it appears that it's the "describe >> mytable" output that's incorrect (or at least misleading). When I >> insert a row without specifying a value for that VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL >> column, it ends up with an empty string as its value, which matches >> what DBD::mysql said. > > as perrin said-- are you using strict mode / traditional sql mode?
I was ignoring strict mode for the purposes of this exploration. Even in "crazy old MySQL mode" I think the "describe table" output should more closely match what's returned by DBD::mysql in COLUMN_DEF. -John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Rose-db-object mailing list Rose-db-object@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rose-db-object