Comments on: MySQL alter table drop constraint… http://stereointeractive.com/blog/2010/03/04/mysql-alter-table-drop-constraint/ Development Blog Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:31:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Scott Meves http://stereointeractive.com/blog/2010/03/04/mysql-alter-table-drop-constraint/comment-page-1/#comment-551 Scott Meves Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:25:38 +0000 http://stereointeractive.com/blog/?p=451#comment-551 Yes, the first isn't valid and throws an error. It's odd that to create a foreign key, the syntax is "...add constraint..." but to drop it, the syntax is "...drop foreign key..." Yes, the first isn’t valid and throws an error. It’s odd that to create a foreign key, the syntax is “…add constraint…” but to drop it, the syntax is “…drop foreign key…”

]]> By: Lawrence Krubner http://stereointeractive.com/blog/2010/03/04/mysql-alter-table-drop-constraint/comment-page-1/#comment-550 Lawrence Krubner Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:18:44 +0000 http://stereointeractive.com/blog/?p=451#comment-550 I continue to learn from your weblog, Scott. Any reason why the latter syntax is preferable to the first? Does the first throw an error? I continue to learn from your weblog, Scott. Any reason why the latter syntax is preferable to the first? Does the first throw an error?

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