Irwin, DROP FOREIGN KEY was implemented after 4.1.0.
Best regards, Heikki Tuuri Innobase Oy http://www.innodb.com Foreign keys, transactions, and row level locking for MySQL InnoDB Hot Backup - a hot backup tool for MySQL Order MySQL technical support from https://order.mysql.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Irwin Boutboul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: mailing.database.myodbc Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 2:46 AM Subject: innodb tables key problem ? > --=_alternative 0082893685256DA3_= > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > I have created a new database with those tables. > > DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ACL_GROUPS; > CREATE TABLE ACL_GROUPS ( > groupid char(30) character set latin1 NOT NULL default '', > creationtime datetime default '0000-00-00 00:00:00', > active smallint(6) default '1', > priority smallint(6) default '1', > PRIMARY KEY (groupid) > ) TYPE=InnoDB; > > -- > -- Table structure for table 'ACL_GROUP_LIST' > -- > > DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ACL_USERS; > CREATE TABLE ACL_USERS ( > groupid char(30) character set latin1 NOT NULL default '', > userid char(30) character set latin1 NOT NULL default '', > PRIMARY KEY (groupid,userid), > FOREIGN KEY (`groupid`) REFERENCES `ACL_GROUPS` (`groupid`) ON DELETE > CASCADE > ) TYPE=InnoDB; > > (there is no data in the tables). > > Then when I try to drop a foreign key, I get this error: > > mysql> alter table ACL_USERS drop foreign key groupid; > ERROR 1005: Can't create table './irwingrid/#sql-7515_3.frm' (errno: 150) > > > it is mysql 4.1. > Is this a known issue ? If I convert the tables to MyIsam and then try to > drop the key, it works fine. > > > > Irwin Boutboul > Advanced Internet Technology > 150 Kettletown Road, B2-N06 > Southbury, CT 06488 > Phone: 203-486-5614 > > --=_alternative 0082893685256DA3_=-- -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
