You can use the InnoDB table type which supports foreign keys. http://www.mysql.com/doc/S/E/SEC446.html If you want to use MyIsam table types, the only solution is to send a specific request to delete records in both the tables.
Regards, Bhavin. ----- Original Message ----- From: "multivac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MySQL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 2:22 PM Subject: How to On DELETE CASCADE > Hello, > > I'm quite new in MySQL and PHP, so I guess my question is stupide. Sorry > for that but I really need the solution... > > I have 2 tables > > table Client : > ----------------------- > |ClientID | ClientName| > ----------------------- > | 1 | Eric | > | 2 | Mark | > | 3 | Simon | > ----------------------- > > and table Command : > ------------------------------- > | CommandID | ClentID | Price | > ------------------------------- > | 2 | 1 | 32 | > | 1 | 1 | 12 | > | 3 | 2 | 38 | > | 4 | 2 | 65 | > | 5 | 3 | 81 | > ------------------------------- > > The primary Keys are ClientID on table Client and CommandID on table > Command. > > I'm looking for a way to be sure that when deleting an entry in Client > table, all the corresponding entries in Command table are deleted > without sending a specific request for that. > > It seems that in SQL a froreign key is the solution but the MySQL > documentation says that foreign keys aren't implemented in MySQL, so how > to solve this elementary issue ? > > Thank you in advance for your replies or suggestions, > > @+ > > Carl > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
