mysql error 1364 Field doesn't have a default values

Question

My table looks like

create table try ( name varchar(8), CREATED_BY varchar(40) not null);

and then I have a trigger to auto populate the CREATED_BY field

create trigger autoPopulateAtInsert BEFORE INSERT on try for each row set new.CREATED_BY=user();

When I do an insert using

insert into try (name) values ('abc');

the entry is made in the table but I still get the error message

Field 'CREATED_BY' doesn't have a default value Error no 1364

Is there a way to suppress this error without making the field nullable AND without removing the triggfer? Otherwise my hibernate will see these exceptions ( even though the insertions have been made) and then application will crash.

Answer 1

This is caused by the STRICT_TRANS_TABLES SQL mode defined in the

%PROGRAMDATA%MySQLMySQL Server 5.6my.ini

file. Removing that setting and restarting MySQL should fix the problem.

See https://www.farbeyondcode.com/Solution-for-MariaDB-Field--xxx--doesn-t-have-a-default-value-5-2720.html

If editing that file doesn't fix the issue, see http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/option-files.html for other possible locations of config files.