I use SQLyog. It does allow you to create/delete FKs with "ON UPDATE" criterias.
Yeah, it does not allow you to create Fks in graphical manner like MS SQL Server but does my purpose. One feature I really miss is Editing of FKs. Karam --- Jose_Miguel_Pérez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All! > > Why are all MySQL GUI clients so bad with > foreign keys? Sorry to seem > annoyed, but I have used for quite some time a few > GUI clients, notably > MySQL-Front, which I were relatively confortable > with. Anyway, all GUI > clients I used (SQLyog, MySql-Front, MySQL-CC, you > name it) seemed to be > some sort of shortcut to the MySQL command line. No > problem with that, > that's what I am looking for and not some high-level > CASE tool. > > It's when looking for foreign keys and > referential integrity where these > tools fail miserably. None of them fully supports > editing / creating / > deleting foreign keys. If you are to reply to this > message, please read > again the "FULLY supports" statement. For example, > with version 1.0.7-beta > of MySQL Query Browser (Own MySQL AB tool) I'm > unable to add an "ON UPDATE" > constraint... silly, huh? This is not a strange > "Fails when lib-foo > v1.2.3.5.7 connects throu a CISCO 90238234 router in > a full moon night" > error, it's simply that the programmer (nor the > bug-testing labs) have not > tried the "On Update:" drop-down menu from the edit > table dialog. > > I know foreign keys are a relatively new area in > the MySQL field and > maybe the programmers are slowly adding support for > it, but it's quite > annoying to see monumental bugs editing and changing > foreign keys in ALL > programs I've tried. > > Please, note that this message is not intended > to flame anyone. I fully > aknowledge the effort involved creating such a tool, > I'm a programmer after > all, and some of them are in beta anyway. I would > appreciate if anyone knows > some tool which good foreign key support. > > Cheers, > Jose Miguel. > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
