I have a MYSQL table with an ENUM field named "offset" and some other columns. The field is defined as:
ENUM(0,1), can be NULL, predefined value NULL
Now I have two server. A production server and a development server and the same PHP script used to create and to update the database.
First step: the application create the record witout passing the "offset" in the CREATE query.
Second step: the application ask to the user some data (not the "offset" value), read the row inserted in step one and make an array, update some field (not the "offset" field), create a query in an automated fashion and save the row again with the updated values.
The automated query builder simple read all the field passed in an array and create the UPDATE string.
In both systems I obtain this array:
$values = array(... 'offset' => null);
and convert it in this same query passing the values in the mysql_real_escape_string:
UPDATE MyTable SET values..., `offset` = '' WHERE id = '10';
Now there is the problem. When i launch the query in the production system, the row is saved, in the development system I got an error and the db says that the offset data is wrong without saving the row.
From phpmyadmin when I create the row with the first step, it shows NULL in the offset field. After saving the field in the system which give no errors, it show me an empty string.
Both system are using MySQL 5 but the production uses 5.0.51 on Linux and development use 5.0.37 on Windows.
The questions:
Why one system give me an error an the other one save the field ? Is a configuration difference ?
Why when I save the field which is an enum "0" or "1" it saves "" and not NULL ?