MySQL Alter table causes Error: Invalid use of NULL value

Question

My existing table:

+-----------------+---------------+------+-----+---------+-------------------+
| Field           | Type          | Null | Key | Default |          


        

Answer 1

It looks like there are few rows with NULL value.Update all null values to a default date in that column and then try to do a alter.

Try this

--update null value rows
UPDATE enterprise
SET creation_date = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
WHERE creation_date IS NULL;


ALTER TABLE enterprise 
MODIFY creation_date TIMESTAMP NOT NULL 
DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP;