Column marked NOT NULL. No default value. Update may fail.

[duanecwilson]

I am getting the following error when deploying with SQL Compare:

The column on table is being marked as NOT NULL. There is no default value so the update may fail.

Most of these columns are part of a compound key so I cannot set them as nullable. I am wondering if I should create a default of an empty string or zero length string, and if it is numeric, what to use.

Or is this error ignorable as just a warning?

[Manfred.Castro]

It's a warning, but if any null data exists in the table already the update will fail.
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Manfred Castro
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Red Gate Software