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From:Jigal van Hemert Date:April 26 2005 2:41pm
Subject:Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??
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From: "Jochem van Dieten"
> > Why is this?
>
> Because the SQL standard says so.

A true observation, but still no explanation or reason why ;-P
MySQL doesn't follow the standard in every situation, so that's not an
excuse... (no offense!)
There must be a good reason other than "because our ancestors always did it
this way".

Regards, Jigal.
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• why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Jigal van Hemert26 Apr
  • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Martijn Tonies26 Apr
  • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Jochem van Dieten26 Apr
  • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Jigal van Hemert26 Apr
  • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Harald Fuchs26 Apr
  • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Jigal van Hemert26 Apr
    • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??SGreen26 Apr
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  • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Dawid Kuroczko26 Apr
  • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Jigal van Hemert26 Apr
    • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Jochem van Dieten26 Apr
  • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Jigal van Hemert26 Apr
    • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Paul DuBois26 Apr
  • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Martijn Tonies26 Apr
  • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Mikhail Entaltsev26 Apr
  • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Jigal van Hemert26 Apr
  • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Harald Fuchs26 Apr
  • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Martijn Tonies26 Apr
  • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Jigal van Hemert27 Apr
    • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Peter Brawley27 Apr
  • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Jigal van Hemert27 Apr
    • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Frank Bax27 Apr
    • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Peter Brawley27 Apr
    • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Joerg Bruehe27 Apr
  • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Jigal van Hemert28 Apr
• RE: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Jay Blanchard26 Apr
  • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Jigal van Hemert26 Apr
    • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Paul DuBois26 Apr
  • RE: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Frank Bax26 Apr
  • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Jigal van Hemert26 Apr
    • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Paul DuBois26 Apr
  • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Martijn Tonies26 Apr
  • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Jigal van Hemert26 Apr
    • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Paul DuBois26 Apr
    • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Peter Brawley26 Apr
• RE: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??emierzwa26 Apr
  • RE: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??SGreen26 Apr
  • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Martijn Tonies26 Apr
• RE: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Jay Blanchard26 Apr
  • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Dawid Kuroczko27 Apr
  • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Martijn Tonies27 Apr
• RE: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??emierzwa26 Apr
• Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??beacker30 Apr
  • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Jigal van Hemert1 May
  • Re: why NOT NULL in PRIMARY key??Martijn Tonies1 May