I have laid out the scenario below. Essentially my question is why does a FK delete restriction prevent my update trigger from working? ... I'm not deleting I am updating.
**************************************************************************** * [Child table has foreign key defined as:] FOREIGN KEY "FK_RMAITEM_RMA" ("RMA_ID") REFERENCES "RMA"("RMA_ID") ON DELETE RESTRICT [Parent table has a trigger defined as:] CREATE TRIGGER UPD_RMA FOR RMA AFTER UPDATE EXECUTE ( TRY IF NEW.ACTIVE <> OLD.ACTIVE THEN UPDATE RMA_ITEM SET ACTIVE = :NEW.ACTIVE WHERE RMA_ID = :NEW.RMA_ID; IF NEW.RMA_ID <> OLD.RMA_ID THEN BEGIN UPDATE RMA_ITEM SET RMA_ID = :NEW.RMA_ID WHERE RMA_ID = :OLD.RMA_ID; UPDATE RMA_ITEM SET RMA_ITEM_ID = CHR(:NEW.RMA_ID) & RMA_ITEM.SERIAL WHERE RMA_ID = :OLD.RMA_ID; END; CATCH IF $RC <> 100 THEN STOP ($RC, 'UPATE RMA_ITEM ERROR'); ) If the RMA_ID changes then it should update the child table but the trigger fails with error: Integrity constraint violation;350 POS(1) Referential integrity violated:FK_RMAITEM_RMA,RMA UPDATE RMA SET RMA_ID = 205002 WHERE RMA_ID = 2050002 -- MaxDB Discussion Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/maxdb To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]