HI If suppose my table has thousands of records, is it possible to create a new table without a foreign key constraint, and then copy the existing data with the foreign key constraint to the new one ?
regards ----- Original Message ----- From: "Egor Egorov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 9:15 PM Subject: re: drop constraint in innodb > kayamboo, > Wednesday, October 09, 2002, 8:45:39 AM, you wrote: > > k> ALTER TABLE main_db ADD CONSTRAINT FOREIGN KEY( Code, Kana) REFERENCES > k> Syoyu_db( Code, Kana) ON DELETE CASCADE ; > > k> works fine. > > k> But how to drop the constraint or modify the constraint ? > k> Simply changing ADD to DROP or MODIFY throws errors > > Curretly you can't drop only foreign key constarints. You should > re-create a table. > > > > -- > For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita > This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ > __ ___ ___ ____ __ > / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov > / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net > <___/ www.mysql.com > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
