ERROR 1067 (42000): Invalid default value for 'created_at'

Question

When I tried to alter the table it showed the error:

ERROR 1067 (42000): Invalid default value for \'created_at\'

I googled for this error

Answer 1

Run this query:

SET SQL_MODE = "NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO";
SET time_zone = "+00:00";

it works for me

Answer 2

For Mysql8.0.18:

CURRENT_TIMESTAMP([fsp])

Remove "([fsp])", resolved my problem.

Answer 3

As mentioned in @Bernd Buffen's answer. This is issue with MariaDB 5.5, I simple upgrade MariaDB 5.5 to MariaDB 10.1 and issue resolved.

Here Steps to upgrade MariaDB 5.5 into MariaDB 10.1 at CentOS 7 (64-Bit)

1. Add following lines to MariaDB repo.

   nano /etc/yum.repos.d/mariadb.repo and paste the following lines.

[mariadb]
name = MariaDB
baseurl = http://yum.mariadb.org/10.1/centos7-amd64
gpgkey=https://yum.mariadb.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-MariaDB
gpgcheck=1

2. Stop MariaDB, if already running service mariadb stop

3. Perform update

   yum update

4. Starting MariaDB & Performing Upgrade

   service mariadb start

   mysql_upgrade

Everything Done.

Check MariaDB version: mysql -V

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NOTE: Please always take backup of Database(s) before performing upgrades. Data can be lost if upgrade failed or something went wrong.

Answer 4

You can do it like this:

 CREATE TABLE `ttt` (
  `id` INT(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `t1` TIMESTAMP  NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  `t2` TIMESTAMP  NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  `t3` TIMESTAMP  NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  `t4` TIMESTAMP  NULL DEFAULT 0,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=INNODB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

• Because the TIMESTAMP value is stored as Epoch Seconds, the timestamp value '1970-01-01 00:00:00' (UTC) is reserved since the second #0 is used to represent '0000-00-00 00:00:00'.
• In MariaDB 5.5 and before there could only be one TIMESTAMP column per table that had CURRENT_TIMESTAMP defined as its default value. This limit has no longer applied since MariaDB 10.0.

see: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/timestamp/

sample

MariaDB []> insert into ttt (id) VALUES (1),(2),(3);
Query OK, 3 rows affected (0.01 sec)
Records: 3  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

MariaDB []> select * from ttt;
+----+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| id | t1                  | t2                  | t3                  | t4                  |
+----+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
|  1 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | 2000-01-01 12:01:02 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
|  2 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | 2000-01-01 12:01:02 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
|  3 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | 2000-01-01 12:01:02 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
+----+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

MariaDB []>

Answer 5

The problem is because of sql_modes. Please check your current sql_modes by command:

show variables like 'sql_mode' ; 

And remove the sql_mode "NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE" to make it work. This is the default sql_mode in mysql new versions.

You can set sql_mode globally as root by command:

set global sql_mode = 'ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY,STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION';

Answer 6

Try and run the following command:

ALTER TABLE `investments` 
MODIFY created_at TIMESTAMP 
DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP 
NOT NULL;

and

ALTER TABLE `investments` 
MODIFY updated_at TIMESTAMP 
DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP 
NOT NULL;

The reason you are getting this error is because you are not setting a default value for the created_at and updated_at fields. MySQL is not accepting your command since the values for these columns cannot be null.

Hope this helps.