mySQL error when creating text field

When creating a new text field, this error message is generated:

BLOB/TEXT column 'field_question_value' can't have a default value query: ALTER TABLE node_content_faq ADD COLUMN field_question_value longtext NOT NULL default '' in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\tppl\intranet\includes\database.mysql.inc on line 121.

I have mysql 5.0.27 installed, and I believe it is an issue related to this:
http://drupal.org/node/54702

however, being new to drupal, I am not sure how to fix...