From: Martijn Tonies
Date: September 24 2005 3:58pm
Subject: Re: foreign keys in MyISAM?
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> I don't know the date you're asking about. However, you can
> implement the FKs' features using stored procedures in MySQL 5.0.
> For a small example have a look at the nice article about stored
> procedures:
> http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/mysql-storedprocedures.html
>

Hmmm... given the no-transaction nature of MyISAM, this would
probably fail completely :-)

Even with transactions, it could easily fail...

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
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