[database] [Database] Toward better databases

[Joshua D. Drake]

On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 15:57 +0000, David Strauss wrote:
> Oh, I see. I was including implicit defaults.
> 
> However, if you have a non-null varchar, the implicit default is "". There's little to be gained from not specifying defaults and letting MySQL set the defaults unless we use the defaults data elsewhere in the abstraction system.
> 
> I do agree that removing absurd defaults is a semantic improvement.

There is nothing semantic about good design. 

Please do not top post.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake