On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Gregory Wood wrote:
> > > I'd like to drop a foreign key constraint on a table. I know there are a
> > > number of triggers created by a FK, but how many, how do I find them to
> > > delete them, and what other gotchas might I find when removing the
> > > constaint(s)?
> > >
> > > It looks like there is an INSERT/UPDATE trigger on the main table, and
> two
> > > more on the table it's keyed into (one UPDATE, one DELETE)? If this is
> true,
> > > can I just delete those three triggers and be done with it?
> >
> > You should probably use DROP TRIGGER on them, and you'll need to double
> > quote the trigger name.
>
> I'll be happy to do so (although right now I'm wishing I provided explicit
> names... "RI_ConstraintTrigger_160453997" is a mouthfull). But am I right
Actually, even if you provided names that only changes the constraint name
not the trigger name. 7.2 should let you drop them using alter table
though, so it should be happier.
> that I need to drop those three and only those three? Are there any other
> things I need to worry about?
That should be all you need to do.
