Rhino wrote:
First and foremost, thank you very much Michael for correcting my
mistakes; I _was_ a bit sloppy in my reading of the syntax for the
statements and that caused some unnecessary errors in my reply to Scott.
However, your corrections are not _quite_ right even now. See below
where
where I
> explain this.
>
> --
> Rhino
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Michael Stassen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Rhino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: "Scott Purcell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 1:
this.
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Rhino
- Original Message -
From: "Michael Stassen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Rhino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Scott Purcell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 1:18 AM
Subject: Re: Help Understanding Document Syntax
Rhino wrote:
The 'symbol' you are referring to, in the foreign key clause of the
CREATE TABLE statement, is simply an opportunity for you to choose a
name for the foreign key of the table; if you don't choose a name, MySQL
will generate a default name for you.
Therefore, if you do this:
DATE statement appears to be the same idea;
UPDATE IGNORE
set fname = 'Fred', lname = 'Flintstone'
where empno = 4;
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Rhino
- Original Message -
From: "Scott Purcell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 9:08
Hello,
I have created some tables a while back, and of course, and I am
learning, I have found problems with duplicate entries and other
problems.
So upon a fresh read of the 5.1 docs, I am trying to understand the word
"symbol" after the constraint.
I would like to be able to somehow comb
