I''ve got a database with about 25 tables and growing. I was wondering what conventions people use with rails for the columns regarding NOT NULL and DEFAULT values. I realize this depends a lot on the data being stored, but after entering dozens of columns into the database, you have to come up with your ''default'' case, right? Generally, I just do NOT NULL DEFAULT ''0'' (for ints, floats, and so on) or NOT NULL DEFAULT '''' (for text, varchar). Having the NOT NULL, I would think makes coding a bit easier since you don''t have to test for nil?, right? So I''m curious -- what''s your ''default'' column look like and why? Jake -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.