Alexander,

> Carsten, it can't be relevant to new data. If you don't set value for
> not null column variants:
> 1. Components can set something for you as Thomas said
> 2. You'll get exception on insert
>
> But it is relevant to already existing records:
> Some table contained colunm A INT only:
> 1
> 2
> 3
> you added not null column B without default and _old_ records are now
> 1 null
> 2 null
> 3 null
> until you don't fill them.

this is something I can't reproduce with FB 1.0 Build 796.

To be sure, I used isql.exe and not a third-party tool and
after altering a table with:

SQL> alter table mytable2 add myint2 integer not null;
SQL> commit;

A select

SQL> select myint2 from mytable2;

shows the value 0 for myint2 for old records, so the database
*should* be in a restoreable state.


Regards,
Thomas.