mysql: not null / required column

[GoNode5]

How to define an required column in a model. In Mysql I define a column with

CREATE TABLE test (
testcol varchar(45) NOT NULL,

Not sure how to define this in Orm2

[dresende]

There isn't yet, I'll work on it.

[dresende]

Get the latest git version and try this (adjust to your code):

orm.settings.set("properties.not_null", true); // changes default to NOT NULL

orm.connect("mysql://....", function (err, db) {
    var Person = db.define('person', {
        name : String
    });
    Person.sync();

    // ...
});

[GoNode5]

ok your very fast. Thanks for all your help.... The next problem is existing tables... how to add null? And what about validation... it would be great if this was also default handled (you cant create an item anyway...)

[dresende]

Existing tables are more hard to handle but it's in the plans (#103). For validations look at the first example in the Readme. I know the documentation is scarse but I tend to code more and document less.

[dxg]

Probably just nitpicking, but could we call this setting 'required' just like we have on has one associations? It does the same thing. I'm also thinking that 'notnull' may not make sense for non-sql datastores. 'required' is more general.

[dresende]

Agree