Re: Query performance problem

On Thursday 17 Mar 2005 1:50 pm, Phil Daintree wrote:

> CREATE TABLE chartdetails (
> accountcode integer DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
> period integer DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
> budget double precision DEFAULT (0)::double precision NOT NULL,
> actual double precision DEFAULT (0)::double precision NOT NULL,
> bfwd double precision DEFAULT (0)::double precision NOT NULL,
> bfwdbudget double precision DEFAULT (0)::double precision NOT
> NULL );

although may be not relevant to your question, as i have noticed this
before with mysql 'sql', what is the point of having a NOT NULL field
that defaults to 0? the whole idea of a NOT NULL field is to have the
value filled in compulsorily and having a default of 0 or '' defeats
the purpose
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