Almost all the information I had needed about a database, I could find in information_schema
This time I needed to read details of all foreign keys in a database through single query I found every thing in information_schema.key_Column_usage but could not find the constraints like on delete, on update
I could do show create table
for all individual tables. But is there any way to get these details through some select query like this?
SELECT CONSTRAINT_NAME, TABLE_NAME,COLUMN_NAME, REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME,
REFERENCED_COLUMN_NAME FROM information_schema.`KEY_COLUMN_USAGE` WHERE
table_schema = 'mydbname' AND referenced_column_name IS NOT NULL
It is doing the job well but just missing constraints like on delete, on update
How can I get those values as well so that I can get all info about foreign keys in a single query?
ON DELETE CASCADE constraint is used in MySQL to delete the rows from the child table automatically, when the rows from the parent table are deleted. For example when a student registers in an online learning platform, then all the details of the student are recorded with their unique number/id.
1) ON DELETE CASCADE means if the parent record is deleted, then any referencing child records are also deleted. ON UPDATE defaults to RESTRICT, which means the UPDATE on the parent record will fail.
CASCADE. It is used in conjunction with ON DELETE or ON UPDATE. It means that the child data is either deleted or updated when the parent data is deleted or updated. SET NULL.
Cascade constraint is used when we are dropping a column X that is referenced to another column A when the referenced column A either has a unique constraint or is a primary key.
UPDATE_RULE
and DELETE_RULE
is the thing you asked for
it's a little bit too late but it could help someone else, here the solution :
SELECT tb1.CONSTRAINT_NAME, tb1.TABLE_NAME, tb1.COLUMN_NAME,
tb1.REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME, tb1.REFERENCED_COLUMN_NAME, tb2.MATCH_OPTION,
tb2.UPDATE_RULE, tb2.DELETE_RULE
FROM information_schema.`KEY_COLUMN_USAGE` AS tb1
INNER JOIN information_schema.REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTS AS tb2 ON
tb1.CONSTRAINT_NAME = tb2.CONSTRAINT_NAME
WHERE table_schema = 'sfa' AND referenced_column_name IS NOT NULL
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