default a column with empty string
Yes - use a DEFAULT constraint:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `example`.`test`;
CREATE TABLE `example`.`test` (
`string_test` varchar(45) NOT NULL DEFAULT ''
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
default a column with empty string
Yes - use a DEFAULT constraint:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `example`.`test`;
CREATE TABLE `example`.`test` (
`string_test` varchar(45) NOT NULL DEFAULT ''
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;