Hi Gene, You cannot truncate a table that is a parent in enabled FK constraints. You did the right thing. or you can simply delete (of course longer) with enabled constraints.
-- Alexandre > Hi. > > I was trying to truncate a table, which is a parent > to two other tables (its PK is referred to by two FKs > from two other tables). These "other" tables are > empty. > When I tried to truncate the parent table, however, I > got an error message ORA-02266: unique/primary keys in > table referenced by enabled foreign keys. I thought > that as long as the child tables are empty, the RI > shouldn't matter, but I had to disable the FKs before > being able to truncate the table. Is that the way > Oracle checks truncates (no enabled RIs even if the > tables are empty) or did I do something incorrectly? > > thanks > > Gene > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Gurelei > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Alexandre Gorbatchev INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
