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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions contents/definition/04-Definition-Syntax.rst
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Primary key attributes cannot have default values (with the exceptions of ``auto_increment`` and ``CURRENT_TIMESTAMP`` attributes; see :ref:`primary-key`).

An attribute with a default value of ``NULL`` is called a **nullable attribute**.
A nullable attribute can be thought of as applying to all entities in a table but having an optional *value* that may be absent in some entities.
Nullable attributes should *not* be used to indicate that an attribute is inapplicable to some entities in a table (see :ref:`normalization`).
A nullable attribute can be thought of as applying to all entities in a table but having an optional *value* that may be absent in some entities.
Nullable attributes should *not* be used to indicate that an attribute is inapplicable to some entities in a table (see :ref:`normalization`).
Nullable attributes should be used sparingly to indicate optional rather than inapplicable attributes that still apply to all entities in the table.
``NULL`` is a special literal value and does not need to be enclosed in quotes.

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