That doesn't seem right. I know that MYISAM tables don't understand relations, but INNODB tables most certainly understand foreign key constraints and in fact cause me a lot of grief sometimes when trying to insert a record or create a new table that violates said constraints ;-)
DÆVID > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Van Dijck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 6:32 PM > To: Daevid Vincent > Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com > Subject: Re: Need way to see all relations? > > That is, as far as I know, impossible. Mysql does not know which > tables are related to which ones. > > Peter > > On 6/30/06, Daevid Vincent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there a way with InnoDB tables to see all related tables/columns? > > > > Basically what I want to do is make a script that somehow > will dynamically > > create a "backup" of a single user record. But I don't want > to have to > > manually add a new table or column everytime to the script. > > > > So for example, I have a 'users' table. And there are all > kinds of related > > tables like 'logs', 'preferences', etc. that all have a FK > reference back to > > this user ID. > > > > I want to make a query or use some PHP to build a list of > all tables in my > > DB that are references. > > > > Then I can just dump out that user ID (via this script) and > it will backup > > that user and all related table data across all tables. > > > > ÐÆ5ÏÐ > > > > > > -- > > MySQL General Mailing List > > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > find videoblogs: http://mefeedia.com > my blog: http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/ > my job: http://petervandijck.net > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
