应该没有问题。考虑以下示例:
CREATE TABLE table2 (
id int PRIMARY KEY,
name varchar(20)
) ENGINE=INNODB;
CREATE TABLE table1 (
id int PRIMARY KEY,
t2_id int,
FOREIGN KEY (t2_id) REFERENCES table2 (id)
) ENGINE=INNODB;
INSERT INTO table2 VALUES (1, 'First Row');
INSERT INTO table2 VALUES (2, 'Second Row');
INSERT INTO table1 VALUES (1, 1);
INSERT INTO table1 VALUES (2, 1);
INSERT INTO table1 VALUES (3, 1);
INSERT INTO table1 VALUES (4, 2);
这些表格现在包含:
SELECT * FROM table1;
+----+-------+
| id | t2_id |
+----+-------+
| 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 |
+----+-------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
SELECT * FROM table2;
+----+------------+
| id | name |
+----+------------+
| 1 | First Row |
| 2 | Second Row |
+----+------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
现在我们可以像这样成功删除行了:
DELETE FROM table1 WHERE id = 1;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
DELETE FROM table1 WHERE t2_id = 2;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
但是我们无法删除以下内容:
DELETE FROM table2 WHERE id = 1;
ERROR 1451 (23000): A foreign key constraint fails
如果我们在table1 上使用CASCADE 选项定义外键,我们将能够删除父级,并且所有子级都将被自动删除:
CREATE TABLE table2 (
id int PRIMARY KEY,
name varchar(20)
) ENGINE=INNODB;
CREATE TABLE table1 (
id int PRIMARY KEY,
t2_id int,
FOREIGN KEY (t2_id) REFERENCES table2 (id) ON DELETE CASCADE
) ENGINE=INNODB;
INSERT INTO table2 VALUES (1, 'First Row');
INSERT INTO table2 VALUES (2, 'Second Row');
INSERT INTO table1 VALUES (1, 1);
INSERT INTO table1 VALUES (2, 1);
INSERT INTO table1 VALUES (3, 1);
INSERT INTO table1 VALUES (4, 2);
如果我们要重复之前失败的DELETE,table1 中的子行以及table2 中的父行将被删除:
DELETE FROM table2 WHERE id = 1;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
SELECT * FROM table1;
+----+-------+
| id | t2_id |
+----+-------+
| 4 | 2 |
+----+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
SELECT * FROM table2;
+----+------------+
| id | name |
+----+------------+
| 2 | Second Row |
+----+------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)