Cannot insert the value NULL into column where using Sql Select statement

Question

Can you tell me how to avoid below mentioned exception ?

 INSERT INTO [Migrated].[dbo].[Cities] (Name, ZipCode)
     SELECT DISTINCT 
         a.City, a.ZipCode          


        

Answer 1

As @jamieD77 commented you are missing the IsDeleted column in your insert statement.

The error means that the column is marked as "NOT NULL" and therefore a value must be inserted when a new row is created.

So you either need to remove the NULL constraint from the table yourself or insert a value in the column.

 INSERT INTO [Migrated].[dbo].[Cities] (Name, ZipCode, IsDeleted)
 select  DISTINCT a.City,a.ZipCode,0 from [Legacy].[dbo].[Ziplist] as a where ( 
 a.City is not null and a.ZipCode is not null);

For a bit field which I would assume it is (but you should confirm!) the value 0 would be false and 1 would be true. If the field is a different data type these values may have different meanings!!!