Do a show variables like '%inno%'; This should tell you if you have innodb enabled or not. If not you will need to configure your cnf file.
-----Original Message----- From: Jeff Mathis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 10:07 AM To: Sibananda Sahoo; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: need help I have no idea. sorry. Sibananda Sahoo wrote: > > Thanks for your reply. Could you please tell me is it > possible to achieve foreign key constraint in MySQL > 3.23.56. > > Rgds, > Sibananda > > --- Jeff Mathis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i'm not an expert by any means :) > > > > but, you do need indexes on both the primary key and > > the foreign key. > > you've got one on foo_id, but you also need on on > > foo_value. > > > > check the lists for more information. there's been > > plenty of discussion > > lately ... > > > > good luck > > Sibananda Sahoo wrote: > > > > > > Dear Sir > > > > > > I am using MySQL 3.23.56. I want to achieve > > foreign > > > key constraints. But not able to achieve. > > > > > > Right now status of table is : MyISAM. So I tried > > to > > > convert it to InnoDB in the following way but not > > able > > > to convert. > > > > > > 1. ALTER TABLE mytableName Type=InnoDB; > > > > > > Then I tried to create a table > > > > > > create table foo ( > > > foo_id int unsigned auto_increment, > > > foo_value int, > > > primary key(foo_id) > > > ) type=innodb; > > > > > > For the above table it also shows the status as > > > MyISAM. > > > > > > Could you pls suggest how can I change and to > > achieve > > > foreign key constraints. > > > > > > Rgds, > > > Sibananda > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync > > to Outlook(TM). > > > http://calendar.yahoo.com > > > > -- > > Jeff Mathis, Ph.D. 505-955-1434 > > The Prediction Company [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 525 Camino de los Marquez, Ste 6 > > http://www.predict.com > > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > http://calendar.yahoo.com -- Jeff Mathis, Ph.D. 505-955-1434 The Prediction Company [EMAIL PROTECTED] 525 Camino de los Marquez, Ste 6 http://www.predict.com Santa Fe, NM 87505 -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
