Allow creating complaint with minimal data. These columns must be populated before it can be approved. INSERT INTO acm_complaint_postal_address (cm_complaint_id, cm_address_id) SELECT cm_complaint_id, cm_address_id FROM acm_complaint WHERE cm_address_id IS NOT NULL UPDATE acm_complaint SET cm_default_address=cm_address_id INSERT INTO acm_complaint_postal_address (cm_complaint_id, cm_address_id) SELECT cm_complaint_id, cm_address_id FROM acm_complaint WHERE cm_address_id IS NOT NULL UPDATE acm_complaint SET cm_default_address=cm_address_id ALTER IGNORE TABLE acm_complaint MODIFY COLUMN cm_complaint_details LONGTEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci; ALTER IGNORE TABLE acm_complaint MODIFY COLUMN cm_complaint_title VARCHAR(1024) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;