MySQL pozwoli na wartość NULL, jeśli nie określisz NOT NULL w definicji kolumny.
Oto szybki test:
mysql> create table test (id serial, field ENUM('Y','N') DEFAULT 'N');
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO test (field) VALUES ('Y');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO test (field) VALUES ('N');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO test () VALUES ();
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO test (field) VALUES (NULL);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO test (field) VALUES ('Invalid');
Query OK, 1 row affected, 1 warning (0.01 sec)
mysql> show warnings;
+---------+------+--------------------------------------------+
| Level | Code | Message |
+---------+------+--------------------------------------------+
| Warning | 1265 | Data truncated for column 'field' at row 1 |
+---------+------+--------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> select * from test;
+----+-------+
| id | field |
+----+-------+
| 1 | Y |
| 2 | N |
| 3 | N |
| 4 | NULL |
| 5 | |
+----+-------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Tak więc MySQL szanuje wartość domyślną, ale dopuszcza również wartości NULL. (Co ciekawe, skróci to nieprawidłowe wartości i zezwoli również na puste ciągi, ale to inny problem)
