I have a sql table and here is my column which gives error. When I try to add a new record which has null active_status to this table, It gives "not-null property references a null or transient value" error. Is there any idea?
active_status character varying(30) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'NEW'::character varying,
EDIT: I have created a new simple table;
CREATE TABLE mytable
(
"MyData" character varying(30) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'NEW'::character varying,
CONSTRAINT mytable_pkey PRIMARY KEY ("MyData" )
)
WITH (
OIDS=FALSE
);
ALTER TABLE mytable
OWNER TO postgres;
When I try to insert a string, it runs fine;
insert into mytable values('ssss');
But when I try to insert a null value it gives error;
insert into mytable values(null);
ERROR: null value in column "MyData" violates not-null constraint
SQL state: 23502
With this statement:
insert into mytable values(null);
you explicitely requested to insert a NULL value into the column MyData and therefor you get the error message.
If you want to use the default value, you need to tell the DBMS to do so:
insert into mytable values (default);
Btw: it is much better coding style to always specify the columns in the insert statement:
insert into mytable ("MyData") values (null);
And another thing: you should avoid using quoted identifiers ("MyData" vs. MyData) , they simply are more trouble than it's worth it.
You need to first create the column with NULL constraint. Update all rows for that column with the default values. Alter the column to have Not Null constraint
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Table definition:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS public.test
(
"Id" integer NOT NULL GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY (INCREMENT 1 START 1 MINVALUE 1 MAXVALUE 2147483647 CACHE 1),
"SomeColumn" character(100) COLLATE pg_catalog."default",
CONSTRAINT test_pkey PRIMARY KEY ("Id")
)
TABLESPACE pg_default;
ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS public.test
OWNER to postgres;
I am trying this query:
INSERT INTO public.test VALUES ('testData');
But PostgreSQL throws this error:
ERROR: invalid input syntax for type integer: "testData"
LINE 1: INSERT INTO public.test VALUES ('testData');
I know this is valid in SQL Server. Is there a way the achieve this behaviour in PostgreSQL?
I do not want to specify the column names. Columns are defined in the order, but the identity column does not exist in the query.
I want to not give the column names
That's a bad idea. You should always specify the target columns for an INSERT statement. Especially if you want to skip some, but not others.
However, if you insist on bad coding style, you can use the DEFAULT keyword
INSERT INTO public.test VALUES (DEFAULT, 'testData');
I faced a problem when inserting a NULL value into a column defined as NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT values.
In this example, I removed most of the columns for illustration purposes.
CREATE TABLE
FKTIM04
(
OBJECTID CHARACTER(32) NOT NULL,
UP_CHANGE_CL CHARACTER(1) DEFAULT '1' NOT NULL,
UP_CTRL_CL CHARACTER(1) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT PK_FKTIM04 PRIMARY KEY (OBJECTID)
);
When I execute this SQL statement, there is an error:
INSERT INTO KTI.FKTIM04 (
UP_Change_CL
,UP_ctrl_CL
,ObjectID
)
VALUES (
NULL
,NULL
,'UMSTM0LW8A8Z50DT4WA7U93EEQDRXRTH'
)
Error:
[Code: -407, SQL State: 23502] Assignment of a NULL value to a NOT
NULL column "TBSPACEID=2, TABLEID=1298, COLNO=46" is not allowed..
SQLCODE=-407, SQLSTATE=23502, DRIVER=4.22.29
I know that the column is defined as NOT NULL. If it tries to insert a NULL into the column, shouldn't it take the DEFAULT value instead?
Please teach me how to get the DEFAULT values to be inserted instead.
What should I look out for?
Thank you.
The default value will be used for a column if a value is not supplied in the INSERT statement for this column.
So don't include the columns that you want to get their default values in the list like this:
INSERT INTO KTI.FKTIM04 (
ObjectID
)
VALUES (
'UMSTM0LW8A8Z50DT4WA7U93EEQDRXRTH'
)
this way the row will be inserted and the 2 columns, since they were not specified in the list, will get their default values.
See the demo.
Another way to achieve the same is by using DEFAULT keyword:
INSERT INTO FKTIM04 (
UP_Change_CL
,UP_ctrl_CL
,ObjectID
)
VALUES (
DEFAULT
,DEFAULT
,'UMSTM0LW8A8Z50DT4WA7U93EEQDRXRTH'
)
See the demo.
These is my example table definition:
CREATE TABLE [MyTable]
(
[ColumnName] [bit] NOT NULL
)
ALTER TABLE [MyTable] ADD DEFAULT ((0)) FOR [ColumnName]
I want to be able to pass a Null value to my stored procedure's #ColumnValue, something like:
#ColumnValue = null;
INSERT INTO [MyTable] ([ColumnName])
VALUES (#ColumnValue)
But I'm getting this error:
"Cannot insert the value NULL into column... INSERT fails with"
Why the DEFAULT constraints not working?
Solved:
as #J.D. Pace said: The default value will be inserted only if the value is not specified on the Insert statement.
so as #dotNET suggested, i have specified the default value in the INSERT query statement using the ISNULL:
ISNULL - The SQL Server ISNULL() function lets you return an alternative value when an expression is NULL:
#ColumnValue = null;
INSERT INTO [MyTable] (
[ColumnName]
)
VALUES (
ISNULL(#ColumnValue, 0)
)
A table with only one column of bit type with a default value seems to be a bad design. This stuff can almost certainly be stored in a different and better way. On the other hand, if there are other columns in the table that you didn't include in the post, just skip this particular column in your INSERT query and it will work fine. Lastly, you can specify the default value in your INSERT query too.
I'm trying to insert some test data into a table to check the functionality of a web servlet, however, using pgAdmin4 to do the insert, I am running into an issue I'm not sure how to rectify. What I want to see is the last value (an image byte stream) is null for this test info. Here is my insert statement:
INSERT INTO schema.tablename("Test Title", "Test Content", "OldWhovian", "2016-07-29 09:13:00", "1469808871694", "null");
I get back:
ERROR: syntax error at or near ";"
LINE 1: ...ldWhovian", "2016-07-29 09:13:00", "1469808871694", "null");
^
********** Error **********
ERROR: syntax error at or near ";"
SQL state: 42601
Character: 122
I've tried removing the semi-colon just for kicks, and it instead errors on the close parenthesis. Is it an issue related to the null? I tried doing this without putting quotations around the null and I get back the same error but on the null instead of the semi-colon. Any help is appreciated, I am new to DBA/DBD related activities.
Related: Using PostgreSql 9.6
The insert statement usually has first part where you specify into which columns you want to insert and second part where you specify what values you want to insert.
INSERT INTO table_name (column1, column2) VALUES (value1, value2);
You do not need to specify into which columns part only if you supply all values in the second part. If you have a table with seven columns you can omit the first part if in the second part you supply seven values.
INSERT INTO table_name VALUES (value1, value2, value3, ...);
Example:
drop table if exists my_table;
create table my_table (
id int not null,
username varchar(10) not null,
nockname varchar(10),
created timestamptz
);
INSERT INTO my_table (id, username) VALUES (1, 'user01');
You insert into columns id and username. The column created has default value specified so when you do not supply value in insert the default is used instead. Nickname and identification_number can accept null values. When no value is supplied NULL is used.
INSERT INTO my_table VALUES (2, 'user02', NULL, NULL, current_timestamp);
That is the same as the previous but here is omitted the fist part so you must supply values for all columns. If you did not you would get an error.
If you want insert multiple values you can use several statements.
INSERT INTO my_table (id, username, identification_number) VALUES (3, 'user03', 'BD5678');
INSERT INTO my_table (id, username, created) VALUES (4, 'user04', '2016-07-30 09:26:57');
Or you can use the postgres simplification for such inserts.
INSERT INTO my_table (id, username, nickname, identification_number) VALUES
(5, 'user05', 'fifth', 'SX59445'),
(6, 'user06', NULL, NULL),
(7, 'user07', NULL, 'AG1123');
At the beginning I have written that you can omit the first part (where you specify columns) only if you supply values for all columns in the second part. It is not completely true. In special cases when you have table that has nullable columns (columns that can contain NULL value) or you have specified DEFAUL values you can also omit the first part.
create sequence my_seq start 101;
create table my_table2 (
id int not null default nextval('my_seq'),
username varchar(10) not null default 'default',
nickname varchar(10),
identification_number varchar(10),
created timestamptz default current_timestamp
);
INSERT INTO my_table2 DEFAULT VALUES;
INSERT INTO my_table2 DEFAULT VALUES;
INSERT INTO my_table2 DEFAULT VALUES;
Result:
101 default NULL NULL 2016-07-30 10:28:27.797+02
102 default NULL NULL 2016-07-30 10:28:27.797+02
103 default NULL NULL 2016-07-30 10:28:27.797+02
When you do not specify values defaults are used or null. In the example above the id column has default value from sequence, username has default string "default", nickname and identification_number are null if not specified and created has default value current timestamp.
More information:
PostgreSQL INSERT
I'm new to SQL and I'm trying to figure out what this NULL is doing. Here a simple example:
CREATE TABLE test (
bla VARCHAR NULL
);
So I tried to figure out wether this is set to be the default value, but it is null as default wether I put it there or not, right?
Also I wondered if it has to stay null (for whatever reason) but when I tried to insert a value it was possible anyway. So does it do anything?
From CREATE TABLE:
NULL
The column is allowed to contain null values. This is the default.
You could write:
INSERT INTO test(bla)
VALUES (NULL);
-- it holds NULL
INSERT INTO test(bla)
VALUES (default);
-- it holds NULL
INSERT INTO test(bla)
VALUES ('a');
-- it holds 'a'
You could also omit column:
CREATE TABLE test2(bla VARCHAR NULL, col2 INT NOT NULL);
INSERT INTO test2(col2) VALUES (1);
-- it contains NULL, 1
If you specify column as:
CREATE TABLE test(bla VARCHAR NOT NULL);
INSERT INTO test(bla) VALUES (NULL);
-- error
EDIT:
You don't have to specify NULL explicitly.
CREATE TABLE test(bla VARCHAR);
is the same as:
CREATE TABLE test (bla VARCHAR NULL);
You are parameterizing the column can be NULL