When does constraint checking occur? I can create a table that has a constraint on a column that doesn't exist. I would expect an error on the table creation, but the table gets created successfully.
I'm running on windows 5.0.18 client/server. mysql> show create table product; +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Table | Create Table | +---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | product | CREATE TABLE "product" ( "category" int(11) NOT NULL, "id" int(11) NOT NULL, "price" decimal(10,0) default NULL, PRIMARY KEY ("category","id")) +---------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------- mysql> create table barbconstr (col1 int(11), constraint ts_con5 check (product. junk > 0)); Query OK, 0 rows affected (2.63 sec) I expected this to fail with a column "junk" doesn't exist, type of message. The question is, why is this valid? I hate to mention it, but this is who I have to compare my apps behavior to, SQL Server will return the error: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Invalid column 'COL7' is specified in a constraint or computed-column definition. Thanks. Barb. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]