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  Update manual on ON DELETE CASCADE
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The syntax of a foreign key constraint definition in InnoDB:
@example
FOREIGN KEY (index_col_name, ...)
REFERENCES table_name (index_col_name, ...)
REFERENCES table_name (index_col_name, ...)
[ON DELETE CASCADE | ON DELETE SET NULL]
@end example
Both tables have to be InnoDB type and @strong{there must be an index
where the foreign key and the referenced key are listed as the first
columns}. InnoDB does not auto-create indexes on foreign keys or
referenced keys: you have to create them explicitly.
Corresponding columns in the foreign key
and the referenced key must have similar internal data types
inside InnoDB so that they can be compared without a type
conversion.
The size and the signedness of integer types has to be the same.
The length of string types need not be the same.
Starting from version 3.23.50 you can also associate the
@code{ON DELETE CASCADE} or @code{ON DELETE SET NULL}
clause with the foreign key constraint.
If @code{ON DELETE CASCADE} is specified, and a row in the parent
table is deleted, then InnoDB automatically deletes also all those rows
in the child table whose foreign key values are equal to
the referenced key value in the parent row. If @code{ON DELETE SET NULL}
is specified, the child rows are automatiaclly updated so that the
columns in the foreign key are set to the SQL NULL value.
Starting from version 3.23.50, InnoDB does not check foreign key
constraints on those foreign key or referenced key values
which contain a NULL column.
Starting from version 3.23.50 the InnoDB parser allows you to
use backquotes (`) around table and column names in the above
definition.
definition but the InnoDB parser is not yet aware of possible
variable @code{lower_case_table_names} you give in @file{my.cnf}.
An example:
@example
CREATE TABLE parent(id INT NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (id)) TYPE=INNODB;
CREATE TABLE child(id INT, parent_id INT, INDEX par_ind (parent_id),
FOREIGN KEY (parent_id) REFERENCES parent(id)) TYPE=INNODB;
FOREIGN KEY (parent_id) REFERENCES parent(id)
ON DELETE SET NULL
) TYPE=INNODB;
@end example
Both tables have to be InnoDB type and @strong{there must be an index
where the foreign key and the referenced key are listed as the first
columns}. InnoDB does not auto-create indexes on foreign keys or
referenced keys: you have to create them explicitly.
If MySQL gives the error number 1005 from a @code{CREATE TABLE}
statement, and the error message string refers to errno 150, then
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@end example
Remember to create the required indexes first, though.
Starting from version 3.23.50, InnoDB does not check foreign key
constraints on those foreign key or referenced key values
which contain a NULL column.
In InnoDB versions < 3.23.50 @code{ALTER TABLE}
or @code{CREATE INDEX}
should not be used in connection with tables which have foreign
......@@ -38118,12 +38141,6 @@ A @code{CREATE INDEX} statement is in MySQL
processed as an @code{ALTER TABLE}, and these
restrictions apply also to it.
Corresponding columns in the foreign key
and the referenced key must have similar internal data types
inside InnoDB so that they can be compared without a type
conversion. The length of string types need not be the same.
The size and the signedness of integer types has to be the same.
When doing foreign key checks InnoDB sets shared row
level locks on child or parent records it has to look at.
InnoDB checks foreign key constraints immediately: the check
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