PROBLEM
You need to insert nothing ?
SOLUTION
Then, insert nothing at all ... literally !!!
One of the following will work
INSERT INTO test2 () VALUES (),(),();
INSERT INTO test2 (test) VALUES (NULL),(NULL),(NULL);
INSERT INTO test2 (id) VALUES (NULL),(NULL),(NULL);
SAMPLE DATA
use test
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test2;
CREATE TABLE test2
(id int not null auto_increment primary key,
test int not null default 0);
SHOW CREATE TABLE test2\G
SELECT * FROM test2;
SAMPLE DATA LOADED
mysql> use test
Database changed
mysql> DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test2;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.11 sec)
mysql> CREATE TABLE test2
-> (id int not null auto_increment primary key,
-> test int default 0);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.34 sec)
mysql> SHOW CREATE TABLE test2\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
Table: test2
Create Table: CREATE TABLE `test2` (
`id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`test` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> SELECT * FROM test2;
Empty set (0.00 sec)
mysql>
QUERIES EXECUTED
If id and test are the only two columns in the table, the INSERT does not need a column list. If there are other columns in test2 besides id and test, name the test column and insert a NULL. Keep in mind, inserting a NULL into a column that has DEFAULT 0 will become 0.
mysql> SELECT * FROM test2;
Empty set (0.00 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO test2 () VALUES (),(),();
Query OK, 3 rows affected (0.03 sec)
Records: 3 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
mysql> INSERT INTO test2 (test) VALUES (NULL),(NULL),(NULL);
Query OK, 3 rows affected, 3 warnings (0.06 sec)
Records: 3 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 3
mysql> INSERT INTO test2 (id) VALUES (NULL),(NULL),(NULL);
Query OK, 3 rows affected (0.06 sec)
Records: 3 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
mysql> SELECT * FROM test2;
+----+------+
| id | test |
+----+------+
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 |
+----+------+
9 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>
GIVE IT A TRY !!!
CAVEAT #1 : I did this in Windows 8.1 from the command line
mysql> select * from information_schema.global_variables
-> where variable_name like 'version%';
+-------------------------+------------------------------+
| VARIABLE_NAME | VARIABLE_VALUE |
+-------------------------+------------------------------+
| VERSION_COMMENT | MySQL Community Server (GPL) |
| VERSION_COMPILE_MACHINE | x86_64 |
| VERSION_COMPILE_OS | Win64 |
| VERSION | 5.6.15 |
+-------------------------+------------------------------+
4 rows in set (0.07 sec)
mysql>
CAVEAT #2 : I am using MySQL's default SQL mode. Thus, I did not need to disable anything.
Best Answer
You state that "Connections, ports, user accounts and credentials are all fine.", but I have my doubts.
Mentioning the exact error from the documentation:
Look in your mysql.user table on the Linux MySQL server for a user entry with the user/host combination of your windows machine:
If that doesn't return a result, you'll need to add that user. If it does return a result, can you add that to your question?