diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index dea9b8e8c..d5b843933 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ define ( 'FRIENDICA_PLATFORM',     'Friendica');
 define ( 'FRIENDICA_CODENAME',     'Asparagus');
 define ( 'FRIENDICA_VERSION',      '3.5-dev' );
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.23'    );
-define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1200      );
+define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1201      );
 
 /**
  * @brief Constant with a HTML line break.
diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index 95a163cfb..03ebc5fe4 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `attach` (
 	`data` longblob NOT NULL,
 	`created` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
 	`edited` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
-	`allow_cid` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`allow_gid` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`deny_cid` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`deny_gid` mediumtext NOT NULL,
+	`allow_cid` mediumtext,
+	`allow_gid` mediumtext,
+	`deny_cid` mediumtext,
+	`deny_gid` mediumtext,
 	 PRIMARY KEY(`id`)
 ) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `auth_codes` (
 --
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `cache` (
 	`k` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
-	`v` text NOT NULL,
+	`v` text,
 	`expire_mode` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`updated` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
 	 PRIMARY KEY(`k`),
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `config` (
 	`id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
 	`cat` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`k` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`v` text NOT NULL,
+	`v` text,
 	 PRIMARY KEY(`id`),
 	 INDEX `cat_k` (`cat`(30),`k`(30))
 ) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
@@ -115,29 +115,29 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `contact` (
 	`name` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`nick` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`location` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`about` text NOT NULL,
-	`keywords` text NOT NULL,
+	`about` text,
+	`keywords` text,
 	`gender` varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`attag` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`avatar` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`photo` text NOT NULL,
-	`thumb` text NOT NULL,
-	`micro` text NOT NULL,
-	`site-pubkey` text NOT NULL,
+	`photo` text,
+	`thumb` text,
+	`micro` text,
+	`site-pubkey` text,
 	`issued-id` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`dfrn-id` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`url` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`nurl` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`addr` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`alias` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`pubkey` text NOT NULL,
-	`prvkey` text NOT NULL,
+	`pubkey` text,
+	`prvkey` text,
 	`batch` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`request` text NOT NULL,
-	`notify` text NOT NULL,
-	`poll` text NOT NULL,
-	`confirm` text NOT NULL,
-	`poco` text NOT NULL,
+	`request` text,
+	`notify` text,
+	`poll` text,
+	`confirm` text,
+	`poco` text,
 	`aes_allow` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`ret-aes` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`usehub` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
@@ -161,15 +161,15 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `contact` (
 	`archive` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`pending` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
 	`rating` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
-	`reason` text NOT NULL,
+	`reason` text,
 	`closeness` tinyint(2) NOT NULL DEFAULT 99,
-	`info` mediumtext NOT NULL,
+	`info` mediumtext,
 	`profile-id` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`bdyear` varchar(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`bd` date NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00',
 	`notify_new_posts` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`fetch_further_information` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
-	`ffi_keyword_blacklist` mediumtext NOT NULL,
+	`ffi_keyword_blacklist` mediumtext,
 	 PRIMARY KEY(`id`),
 	 INDEX `uid` (`uid`),
 	 INDEX `nurl` (`nurl`)
@@ -181,12 +181,12 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `contact` (
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `conv` (
 	`id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
 	`guid` varchar(64) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`recips` mediumtext NOT NULL,
+	`recips` mediumtext,
 	`uid` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`creator` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`created` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
 	`updated` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
-	`subject` mediumtext NOT NULL,
+	`subject` mediumtext,
 	 PRIMARY KEY(`id`),
 	 INDEX `uid` (`uid`)
 ) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
@@ -214,17 +214,17 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `event` (
 	`edited` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
 	`start` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
 	`finish` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
-	`summary` text NOT NULL,
-	`desc` text NOT NULL,
-	`location` text NOT NULL,
+	`summary` text,
+	`desc` text,
+	`location` text,
 	`type` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`nofinish` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`adjust` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
 	`ignore` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
-	`allow_cid` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`allow_gid` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`deny_cid` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`deny_gid` mediumtext NOT NULL,
+	`allow_cid` mediumtext,
+	`allow_gid` mediumtext,
+	`deny_cid` mediumtext,
+	`deny_gid` mediumtext,
 	 PRIMARY KEY(`id`),
 	 INDEX `uid` (`uid`)
 ) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `fcontact` (
 	`priority` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`network` varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`alias` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`pubkey` text NOT NULL,
+	`pubkey` text,
 	`updated` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
 	 PRIMARY KEY(`id`),
 	 INDEX `addr` (`addr`)
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `fserver` (
 	`id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
 	`server` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`posturl` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`key` text NOT NULL,
+	`key` text,
 	 PRIMARY KEY(`id`),
 	 INDEX `server` (`server`)
 ) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `fsuggest` (
 	`url` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`request` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`photo` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`note` text NOT NULL,
+	`note` text,
 	`created` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
 	 PRIMARY KEY(`id`)
 ) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
@@ -321,8 +321,8 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `gcontact` (
 	`last_contact` datetime DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
 	`last_failure` datetime DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
 	`location` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`about` text NOT NULL,
-	`keywords` text NOT NULL,
+	`about` text,
+	`keywords` text,
 	`gender` varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`birthday` varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00',
 	`community` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `gcontact` (
 	`nsfw` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`network` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`addr` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`notify` text NOT NULL,
+	`notify` text,
 	`alias` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`generation` tinyint(3) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`server_url` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `gserver` (
 	`nurl` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`version` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`site_name` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`info` text NOT NULL,
+	`info` text,
 	`register_policy` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`poco` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`noscrape` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `intro` (
 	`contact-id` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`knowyou` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`duplex` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
-	`note` text NOT NULL,
+	`note` text,
 	`hash` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`datetime` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
 	`blocked` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
@@ -468,27 +468,27 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `item` (
 	`author-link` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`author-avatar` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`title` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`body` mediumtext NOT NULL,
+	`body` mediumtext,
 	`app` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`verb` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`object-type` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`object` text NOT NULL,
+	`object` text,
 	`target-type` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`target` text NOT NULL,
-	`postopts` text NOT NULL,
+	`target` text,
+	`postopts` text,
 	`plink` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`resource-id` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`event-id` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
-	`tag` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`attach` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`inform` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`file` mediumtext NOT NULL,
+	`tag` mediumtext,
+	`attach` mediumtext,
+	`inform` mediumtext,
+	`file` mediumtext,
 	`location` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`coord` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`allow_cid` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`allow_gid` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`deny_cid` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`deny_gid` mediumtext NOT NULL,
+	`allow_cid` mediumtext,
+	`allow_gid` mediumtext,
+	`deny_cid` mediumtext,
+	`deny_gid` mediumtext,
 	`private` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`pubmail` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`moderated` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `item` (
 	`mention` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`network` varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`rendered-hash` varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`rendered-html` mediumtext NOT NULL,
+	`rendered-html` mediumtext,
 	`global` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	 PRIMARY KEY(`id`),
 	 INDEX `guid` (`guid`),
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `mail` (
 	`contact-id` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`convid` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`title` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`body` mediumtext NOT NULL,
+	`body` mediumtext,
 	`seen` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`reply` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`replied` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `mailacct` (
 	`ssltype` varchar(16) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`mailbox` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`user` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`pass` text NOT NULL,
+	`pass` text,
 	`reply_to` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`action` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`movetofolder` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `notify` (
 	`url` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`photo` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`date` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
-	`msg` mediumtext NOT NULL,
+	`msg` mediumtext,
 	`uid` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`link` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`iid` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `notify-threads` (
 --
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `oembed` (
 	`url` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
-	`content` text NOT NULL,
+	`content` text,
 	`created` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
 	 PRIMARY KEY(`url`),
 	 INDEX `created` (`created`)
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `parsed_url` (
 	`url` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
 	`guessing` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`oembed` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
-	`content` text NOT NULL,
+	`content` text,
 	`created` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
 	 PRIMARY KEY(`url`,`guessing`,`oembed`),
 	 INDEX `created` (`created`)
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `pconfig` (
 	`uid` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`cat` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`k` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`v` mediumtext NOT NULL,
+	`v` mediumtext,
 	 PRIMARY KEY(`id`),
 	 INDEX `uid_cat_k` (`uid`,`cat`(30),`k`(30))
 ) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `photo` (
 	`created` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
 	`edited` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
 	`title` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`desc` text NOT NULL,
+	`desc` text,
 	`album` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`filename` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`type` varchar(128) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'image/jpeg',
@@ -729,10 +729,10 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `photo` (
 	`data` mediumblob NOT NULL,
 	`scale` tinyint(3) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`profile` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
-	`allow_cid` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`allow_gid` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`deny_cid` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`deny_gid` mediumtext NOT NULL,
+	`allow_cid` mediumtext,
+	`allow_gid` mediumtext,
+	`deny_cid` mediumtext,
+	`deny_gid` mediumtext,
 	 PRIMARY KEY(`id`),
 	 INDEX `uid` (`uid`),
 	 INDEX `resource-id` (`resource-id`),
@@ -745,16 +745,16 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `photo` (
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `poll` (
 	`id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
 	`uid` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
-	`q0` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`q1` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`q2` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`q3` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`q4` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`q5` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`q6` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`q7` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`q8` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`q9` mediumtext NOT NULL,
+	`q0` mediumtext,
+	`q1` mediumtext,
+	`q2` mediumtext,
+	`q3` mediumtext,
+	`q4` mediumtext,
+	`q5` mediumtext,
+	`q6` mediumtext,
+	`q7` mediumtext,
+	`q8` mediumtext,
+	`q9` mediumtext,
 	 PRIMARY KEY(`id`),
 	 INDEX `uid` (`uid`)
 ) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
@@ -791,26 +791,26 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `profile` (
 	`hometown` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`gender` varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`marital` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`with` text NOT NULL,
+	`with` text,
 	`howlong` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
 	`sexual` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`politic` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`religion` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`pub_keywords` text NOT NULL,
-	`prv_keywords` text NOT NULL,
-	`likes` text NOT NULL,
-	`dislikes` text NOT NULL,
-	`about` text NOT NULL,
+	`pub_keywords` text,
+	`prv_keywords` text,
+	`likes` text,
+	`dislikes` text,
+	`about` text,
 	`summary` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`music` text NOT NULL,
-	`book` text NOT NULL,
-	`tv` text NOT NULL,
-	`film` text NOT NULL,
-	`interest` text NOT NULL,
-	`romance` text NOT NULL,
-	`work` text NOT NULL,
-	`education` text NOT NULL,
-	`contact` text NOT NULL,
+	`music` text,
+	`book` text,
+	`tv` text,
+	`film` text,
+	`interest` text,
+	`romance` text,
+	`work` text,
+	`education` text,
+	`contact` text,
 	`homepage` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`photo` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`thumb` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `queue` (
 	`network` varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`created` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
 	`last` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
-	`content` mediumtext NOT NULL,
+	`content` mediumtext,
 	`batch` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	 PRIMARY KEY(`id`),
 	 INDEX `cid` (`cid`),
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `search` (
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `session` (
 	`id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
 	`sid` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`data` text NOT NULL,
+	`data` text,
 	`expire` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	 PRIMARY KEY(`id`),
 	 INDEX `sid` (`sid`),
@@ -911,8 +911,8 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `session` (
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `sign` (
 	`id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
 	`iid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
-	`signed_text` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`signature` text NOT NULL,
+	`signed_text` mediumtext,
+	`signature` text,
 	`signer` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	 PRIMARY KEY(`id`),
 	 INDEX `iid` (`iid`)
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `thread` (
 --
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `tokens` (
 	`id` varchar(40) NOT NULL,
-	`secret` text NOT NULL,
+	`secret` text,
 	`client_id` varchar(20) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`expires` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`scope` varchar(200) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
@@ -1035,10 +1035,10 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `user` (
 	`default-location` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`allow_location` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`theme` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`pubkey` text NOT NULL,
-	`prvkey` text NOT NULL,
-	`spubkey` text NOT NULL,
-	`sprvkey` text NOT NULL,
+	`pubkey` text,
+	`prvkey` text,
+	`spubkey` text,
+	`sprvkey` text,
 	`verified` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`blocked` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`blockwall` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
@@ -1058,11 +1058,11 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `user` (
 	`expire_notification_sent` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
 	`service_class` varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
 	`def_gid` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
-	`allow_cid` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`allow_gid` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`deny_cid` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`deny_gid` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-	`openidserver` text NOT NULL,
+	`allow_cid` mediumtext,
+	`allow_gid` mediumtext,
+	`deny_cid` mediumtext,
+	`deny_gid` mediumtext,
+	`openidserver` text,
 	 PRIMARY KEY(`uid`),
 	 INDEX `nickname` (`nickname`)
 ) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `userd` (
 --
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `workerqueue` (
 	`id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
-	`parameter` text NOT NULL,
+	`parameter` text,
 	`priority` tinyint(3) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
 	`created` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
 	`pid` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
diff --git a/include/dbm.php b/include/dbm.php
index fdd9f40e7..72d309b22 100644
--- a/include/dbm.php
+++ b/include/dbm.php
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ class dbm {
 		foreach ($r AS $process) {
 			$state = trim($process["State"]);
 
-			// Filter out all idle processes
-			if (!in_array($state, array("", "init", "statistics"))) {
+			// Filter out all non blocking processes
+			if (!in_array($state, array("", "init", "statistics", "updating"))) {
 				++$states[$state];
 				++$processes;
 			}
diff --git a/include/dbstructure.php b/include/dbstructure.php
index dedd916a8..53b94b46a 100644
--- a/include/dbstructure.php
+++ b/include/dbstructure.php
@@ -372,10 +372,10 @@ function db_definition() {
 					"data" => array("type" => "longblob", "not null" => "1"),
 					"created" => array("type" => "datetime", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0000-00-00 00:00:00"),
 					"edited" => array("type" => "datetime", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0000-00-00 00:00:00"),
-					"allow_cid" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"allow_gid" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"deny_cid" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"deny_gid" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
+					"allow_cid" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"allow_gid" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"deny_cid" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"deny_gid" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
 					),
 			"indexes" => array(
 					"PRIMARY" => array("id"),
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ function db_definition() {
 	$database["cache"] = array(
 			"fields" => array(
 					"k" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "primary" => "1"),
-					"v" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"v" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"expire_mode" => array("type" => "int(11)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"updated" => array("type" => "datetime", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0000-00-00 00:00:00"),
 					),
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ function db_definition() {
 					"id" => array("type" => "int(10) unsigned", "not null" => "1", "extra" => "auto_increment", "primary" => "1"),
 					"cat" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"k" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"v" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"v" => array("type" => "text"),
 					),
 			"indexes" => array(
 					"PRIMARY" => array("id"),
@@ -456,29 +456,29 @@ function db_definition() {
 					"name" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"nick" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"location" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"about" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"keywords" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"about" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"keywords" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"gender" => array("type" => "varchar(32)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"attag" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"avatar" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"photo" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"thumb" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"micro" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"site-pubkey" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"photo" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"thumb" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"micro" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"site-pubkey" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"issued-id" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"dfrn-id" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"url" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"nurl" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"addr" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"alias" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"pubkey" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"prvkey" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"pubkey" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"prvkey" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"batch" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"request" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"notify" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"poll" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"confirm" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"poco" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"request" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"notify" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"poll" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"confirm" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"poco" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"aes_allow" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"ret-aes" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"usehub" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
@@ -502,15 +502,15 @@ function db_definition() {
 					"archive" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"pending" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "1"),
 					"rating" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
-					"reason" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"reason" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"closeness" => array("type" => "tinyint(2)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "99"),
-					"info" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
+					"info" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
 					"profile-id" => array("type" => "int(11)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"bdyear" => array("type" => "varchar(4)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"bd" => array("type" => "date", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0000-00-00"),
 					"notify_new_posts" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"fetch_further_information" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
-					"ffi_keyword_blacklist" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
+					"ffi_keyword_blacklist" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
 					),
 			"indexes" => array(
 					"PRIMARY" => array("id"),
@@ -522,12 +522,12 @@ function db_definition() {
 			"fields" => array(
 					"id" => array("type" => "int(10) unsigned", "not null" => "1", "extra" => "auto_increment", "primary" => "1"),
 					"guid" => array("type" => "varchar(64)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"recips" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
+					"recips" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
 					"uid" => array("type" => "int(11)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"creator" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"created" => array("type" => "datetime", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0000-00-00 00:00:00"),
 					"updated" => array("type" => "datetime", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0000-00-00 00:00:00"),
-					"subject" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
+					"subject" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
 					),
 			"indexes" => array(
 					"PRIMARY" => array("id"),
@@ -555,17 +555,17 @@ function db_definition() {
 					"edited" => array("type" => "datetime", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0000-00-00 00:00:00"),
 					"start" => array("type" => "datetime", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0000-00-00 00:00:00"),
 					"finish" => array("type" => "datetime", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0000-00-00 00:00:00"),
-					"summary" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"desc" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"location" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"summary" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"desc" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"location" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"type" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"nofinish" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"adjust" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "1"),
 					"ignore" => array("type" => "tinyint(1) unsigned", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
-					"allow_cid" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"allow_gid" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"deny_cid" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"deny_gid" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
+					"allow_cid" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"allow_gid" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"deny_cid" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"deny_gid" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
 					),
 			"indexes" => array(
 					"PRIMARY" => array("id"),
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ function db_definition() {
 					"priority" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"network" => array("type" => "varchar(32)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"alias" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"pubkey" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"pubkey" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"updated" => array("type" => "datetime", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0000-00-00 00:00:00"),
 					),
 			"indexes" => array(
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ function db_definition() {
 					"id" => array("type" => "int(11)", "not null" => "1", "extra" => "auto_increment", "primary" => "1"),
 					"server" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"posturl" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"key" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"key" => array("type" => "text"),
 					),
 			"indexes" => array(
 					"PRIMARY" => array("id"),
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ function db_definition() {
 					"url" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"request" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"photo" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"note" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"note" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"created" => array("type" => "datetime", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0000-00-00 00:00:00"),
 					),
 			"indexes" => array(
@@ -662,8 +662,8 @@ function db_definition() {
 					"last_contact" => array("type" => "datetime", "default" => "0000-00-00 00:00:00"),
 					"last_failure" => array("type" => "datetime", "default" => "0000-00-00 00:00:00"),
 					"location" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"about" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"keywords" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"about" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"keywords" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"gender" => array("type" => "varchar(32)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"birthday" => array("type" => "varchar(32)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0000-00-00"),
 					"community" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ function db_definition() {
 					"nsfw" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"network" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"addr" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"notify" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"notify" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"alias" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"generation" => array("type" => "tinyint(3)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"server_url" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ function db_definition() {
 					"nurl" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"version" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"site_name" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"info" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"info" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"register_policy" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"poco" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"noscrape" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ function db_definition() {
 					"contact-id" => array("type" => "int(11)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"knowyou" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"duplex" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
-					"note" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"note" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"hash" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"datetime" => array("type" => "datetime", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0000-00-00 00:00:00"),
 					"blocked" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "1"),
@@ -809,27 +809,27 @@ function db_definition() {
 					"author-link" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"author-avatar" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"title" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"body" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
+					"body" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
 					"app" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"verb" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"object-type" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"object" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"object" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"target-type" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"target" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"postopts" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"target" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"postopts" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"plink" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"resource-id" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"event-id" => array("type" => "int(11)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
-					"tag" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"attach" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"inform" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"file" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
+					"tag" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"attach" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"inform" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"file" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
 					"location" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"coord" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"allow_cid" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"allow_gid" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"deny_cid" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"deny_gid" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
+					"allow_cid" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"allow_gid" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"deny_cid" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"deny_gid" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
 					"private" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"pubmail" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"moderated" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ function db_definition() {
 					"mention" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"network" => array("type" => "varchar(32)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"rendered-hash" => array("type" => "varchar(32)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"rendered-html" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
+					"rendered-html" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
 					"global" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					),
 			"indexes" => array(
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ function db_definition() {
 					"contact-id" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"convid" => array("type" => "int(11) unsigned", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"title" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"body" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
+					"body" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
 					"seen" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"reply" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"replied" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ function db_definition() {
 					"ssltype" => array("type" => "varchar(16)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"mailbox" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"user" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"pass" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"pass" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"reply_to" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"action" => array("type" => "int(11)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"movetofolder" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ function db_definition() {
 					"url" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"photo" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"date" => array("type" => "datetime", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0000-00-00 00:00:00"),
-					"msg" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
+					"msg" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
 					"uid" => array("type" => "int(11)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"link" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"iid" => array("type" => "int(11)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ function db_definition() {
 	$database["oembed"] = array(
 			"fields" => array(
 					"url" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "primary" => "1"),
-					"content" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"content" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"created" => array("type" => "datetime", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0000-00-00 00:00:00"),
 					),
 			"indexes" => array(
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ function db_definition() {
 					"url" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "primary" => "1"),
 					"guessing" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0", "primary" => "1"),
 					"oembed" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0", "primary" => "1"),
-					"content" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"content" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"created" => array("type" => "datetime", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0000-00-00 00:00:00"),
 					),
 			"indexes" => array(
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ function db_definition() {
 					"uid" => array("type" => "int(11)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"cat" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"k" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"v" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
+					"v" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
 					),
 			"indexes" => array(
 					"PRIMARY" => array("id"),
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ function db_definition() {
 					"created" => array("type" => "datetime", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0000-00-00 00:00:00"),
 					"edited" => array("type" => "datetime", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0000-00-00 00:00:00"),
 					"title" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"desc" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"desc" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"album" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"filename" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"type" => array("type" => "varchar(128)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "image/jpeg"),
@@ -1070,10 +1070,10 @@ function db_definition() {
 					"data" => array("type" => "mediumblob", "not null" => "1"),
 					"scale" => array("type" => "tinyint(3)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"profile" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
-					"allow_cid" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"allow_gid" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"deny_cid" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"deny_gid" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
+					"allow_cid" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"allow_gid" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"deny_cid" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"deny_gid" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
 					),
 			"indexes" => array(
 					"PRIMARY" => array("id"),
@@ -1086,16 +1086,16 @@ function db_definition() {
 			"fields" => array(
 					"id" => array("type" => "int(11)", "not null" => "1", "extra" => "auto_increment", "primary" => "1"),
 					"uid" => array("type" => "int(11)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
-					"q0" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"q1" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"q2" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"q3" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"q4" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"q5" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"q6" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"q7" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"q8" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"q9" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
+					"q0" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"q1" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"q2" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"q3" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"q4" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"q5" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"q6" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"q7" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"q8" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"q9" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
 					),
 			"indexes" => array(
 					"PRIMARY" => array("id"),
@@ -1132,26 +1132,26 @@ function db_definition() {
 					"hometown" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"gender" => array("type" => "varchar(32)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"marital" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"with" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"with" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"howlong" => array("type" => "datetime", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0000-00-00 00:00:00"),
 					"sexual" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"politic" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"religion" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"pub_keywords" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"prv_keywords" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"likes" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"dislikes" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"about" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"pub_keywords" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"prv_keywords" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"likes" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"dislikes" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"about" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"summary" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"music" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"book" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"tv" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"film" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"interest" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"romance" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"work" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"education" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"contact" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"music" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"book" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"tv" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"film" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"interest" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"romance" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"work" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"education" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"contact" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"homepage" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"photo" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"thumb" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
@@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ function db_definition() {
 					"network" => array("type" => "varchar(32)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"created" => array("type" => "datetime", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0000-00-00 00:00:00"),
 					"last" => array("type" => "datetime", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0000-00-00 00:00:00"),
-					"content" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
+					"content" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
 					"batch" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					),
 			"indexes" => array(
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ function db_definition() {
 			"fields" => array(
 					"id" => array("type" => "bigint(20) unsigned", "not null" => "1", "extra" => "auto_increment", "primary" => "1"),
 					"sid" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"data" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"data" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"expire" => array("type" => "int(10) unsigned", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					),
 			"indexes" => array(
@@ -1252,8 +1252,8 @@ function db_definition() {
 			"fields" => array(
 					"id" => array("type" => "int(10) unsigned", "not null" => "1", "extra" => "auto_increment", "primary" => "1"),
 					"iid" => array("type" => "int(10) unsigned", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
-					"signed_text" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"signature" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"signed_text" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"signature" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"signer" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					),
 			"indexes" => array(
@@ -1350,7 +1350,7 @@ function db_definition() {
 	$database["tokens"] = array(
 			"fields" => array(
 					"id" => array("type" => "varchar(40)", "not null" => "1", "primary" => "1"),
-					"secret" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"secret" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"client_id" => array("type" => "varchar(20)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"expires" => array("type" => "int(11)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"scope" => array("type" => "varchar(200)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
@@ -1376,10 +1376,10 @@ function db_definition() {
 					"default-location" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"allow_location" => array("type" => "tinyint(1)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"theme" => array("type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"pubkey" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"prvkey" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"spubkey" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
-					"sprvkey" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"pubkey" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"prvkey" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"spubkey" => array("type" => "text"),
+					"sprvkey" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"verified" => array("type" => "tinyint(1) unsigned", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"blocked" => array("type" => "tinyint(1) unsigned", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"blockwall" => array("type" => "tinyint(1) unsigned", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
@@ -1399,11 +1399,11 @@ function db_definition() {
 					"expire_notification_sent" => array("type" => "datetime", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0000-00-00 00:00:00"),
 					"service_class" => array("type" => "varchar(32)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
 					"def_gid" => array("type" => "int(11)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
-					"allow_cid" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"allow_gid" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"deny_cid" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"deny_gid" => array("type" => "mediumtext", "not null" => "1"),
-					"openidserver" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"allow_cid" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"allow_gid" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"deny_cid" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"deny_gid" => array("type" => "mediumtext"),
+					"openidserver" => array("type" => "text"),
 					),
 			"indexes" => array(
 					"PRIMARY" => array("uid"),
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@ function db_definition() {
 	$database["workerqueue"] = array(
 			"fields" => array(
 					"id" => array("type" => "int(11)", "not null" => "1", "extra" => "auto_increment", "primary" => "1"),
-					"parameter" => array("type" => "text", "not null" => "1"),
+					"parameter" => array("type" => "text"),
 					"priority" => array("type" => "tinyint(3) unsigned", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
 					"created" => array("type" => "datetime", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0000-00-00 00:00:00"),
 					"pid" => array("type" => "int(11)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index dce397368..80ce96c38 100644
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-define('UPDATE_VERSION' , 1200);
+define('UPDATE_VERSION' , 1201);
 
 /**
  *