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diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/compiler.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/compiler.py
index dd2a6e08c..f1fe53b73 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/compiler.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/compiler.py
@@ -2415,7 +2415,9 @@ class GenericTypeCompiler(engine.TypeCompiler):
return self.visit_VARCHAR(type_)
def visit_null(self, type_):
- raise NotImplementedError("Can't generate DDL for the null type")
+ raise exc.CompileError("Can't generate DDL for %r; "
+ "did you forget to specify a "
+ "type on this Column?" % type_)
def visit_type_decorator(self, type_):
return self.process(type_.type_engine(self.dialect))