mysql Field 'col1' doesn't have a default value - mysql

Question

I had db schema defined as below
CREATE TABLE `ATestTable` (
id bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
refId varchar(32) NOT NULL,
col1 text COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
UNIQUE KEY `unique_keyy_refId` (`refId`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=123 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_unicode_ci;
when I have something like this
Insert into ATestTable (refId, col1) Values ('abc', 'def');
I got error Field 'col1' doesn't have a default value. I searched online this error should happens when there is no value specified for this NOT NULL column. But I do specified the value. I even tried the same insert script on my local db and it works. So is it a db server configuration thing?
I run show variables like '%sql_mode%' and the one which doesn't work is NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION. My local db (which works) is giving me ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY,STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION

Answer 1

There are two things you can try, in other to fix your issue
1) You can change the sql mode to match your local db mode by running this query
SET GLOBAL sql_mode = 'modes';
modes separated by comma's. Note that this will work if only you have administrative rights. If not use
SET SESSION sql_mode = 'modes';
which will affect only the current client.
2) Set a default value for Col1 (eg: empty text) and the trigger will update the value anyways
CREATE TABLE `ATestTable` (
id bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
refId varchar(32) NOT NULL,
col1 text COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci DEFAULT ' ' not.
NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
UNIQUE KEY `unique_keyy_refId` (`refId`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=123 DEFAULT.
CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_unicode_ci;