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Modifying a column to allow NULL in MySQL

schedule Mar 5, 2023
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By default columns in MySQL can take on NULL values unless you have explicitly specified the column as NOT NULL or UNIQUE.

Example

Assume we have a VARCHAR column test_column within table test_table that is currently explicitly set to not accept NULL values.

To modify test_column to be VARCHAR(10) which can take NULL values:

ALTER TABLE test_table
MODIFY test_column VARCHAR(10);

Although we used a VARCHAR column here, the same logic applies to any other data type column.

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Published by Arthur Yanagisawa
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