Re: innofb foreign keys problem

2003-01-16 Thread Heikki Tuuri
Natale, - Original Message - From: "Natale Babbo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: mailing.database.mysql Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 9:33 AM Subject: innofb foreign keys problem > # - 3rd post - # > # - PLEASE HELP -- # > > hi to all, > > is it s

Re: innofb foreign keys problem

2003-01-14 Thread greg55
yes -- you need to create indexes on foreign key colums. it would be better if one of the following 2 things happened instead. 1. foreign key creation failed if no index existed. 2. indexes were created automatically it's more dangerous than actually not having foreign keys as it stands since it

Re: innofb foreign keys problem

2003-01-14 Thread Adolfo Bello
> then i ask me: why mysql needs explicit creation > instead of create itself what it needs? > manually creating the index seems to be a big > complication (for big databases) and a waste of time. > don't you think so? > it's a bug or a wanted feature? why? I agree with you 100%. A foreign key,as

RE: innofb foreign keys problem

2003-01-14 Thread Ross Davis - DataAnywhere.net
: Okan CIMEN; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: innofb foreign keys problem many thanks for your reply. then i ask me: why mysql needs explicit creation instead of create itself what it needs? manually creating the index seems to be a big complication (for big databases) and a waste of time. don'

Re: innofb foreign keys problem

2003-01-14 Thread Natale Babbo
many thanks for your reply. then i ask me: why mysql needs explicit creation instead of create itself what it needs? manually creating the index seems to be a big complication (for big databases) and a waste of time. don't you think so? it's a bug or a wanted feature? why? Thanks. --- Okan CIMEN

Re: innofb foreign keys problem

2003-01-14 Thread Rafal Jank
On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 16:41:06 +0100 (CET) Natale Babbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > # - 3rd post - # > # - PLEASE HELP -- # > > hi to all, > > is it still true that mysql/innodb needs explicit > index creation on foreign keys? Yes > why can't i use a standard