Re: SET NULL / SET NOT NULL

On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 02:34:57PM +0800, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> > > Do we want the above syntax, or this syntax:
> > >
> > > ALTER TABLE blah ALTER COLUMN col SET NOT NULL;
> > > ALTER TABLE blah ALTER COLUMN col SET NULL;
> >
> > My only objection to the second command is that it's plain wrong. You
> > don't set anything to NULL, so don't make the command look like it.
>
> So then how is it any more wrong than SET NOT NULL?
>
> It should almost be ADD NOT NULL ...

Hmm, there's this SQL92 keyword here: what do people thing of NULLABLE?

SET NOT NULLABLE
SET NULLABLE

Ross