I have the following a table and a fixture(csv file). create table aaaa ( id mediumint unsigned not null auto_increment, name varchar(192) not null, parent_id mediumint unsigned null, note varchar(192) not null, primary key(id) ) TYPE=InnoDB; id,name,parent_id,note 1,Admin Group,,"" 2,Guest Group,,"" I expected that null was inserted to parent_id, but 0 was inserted. Please help. Junichi. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.