Tor,
----- Original Message -----
From: ""Tor R. Skoglund (NextG)"" <trskog@stripped>
Newsgroups: mailing.database.mysql
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 10:11 PM
Subject: Foreign Key and default action/RESTRICT behaviour?
> Hi List, regarding the foreign key definitions:
>
> [CONSTRAINT symbol] FOREIGN KEY (index_col_name, ...)
> REFERENCES table_name (index_col_name, ...)
> [ON DELETE {CASCADE | SET NULL | NO ACTION
> | RESTRICT}]
> [ON UPDATE {CASCADE | SET NULL | NO ACTION
> | RESTRICT}]
>
> Is there a default action for ON DELETE and ON UPDATE if no action
> is specified in the database definition?
RESTRICT is, of course, the default 'action'. ON DELETE and ON UPDATE are
later additions.
...
> Best regards,
> Tor Rune Skoglund
> trskog@stripped
Heikki Tuuri
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