[Data objects] Set default value for database column #6344
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Currently data object tables get
NULL
as default value (or more exactly, no default value is specified while the columns allowNULL
values).This leads to the problem that when you add a new field with a default value this field is set to
NULL
for all existing objects. #5594 changed this behaviour for newly created objects but for already existing ones the problem still exists.Quoted from #4600:
This PR is far from being finished, I only want to check other opinions to determine if it is worth to continue.