call mtr.add_suppression("InnoDB: In ALTER TABLE .* has or is referenced in foreign key constraints which are not compatible with the new table definition."); # modify child column NOT NULL on UPDATE CASCADE..parent column NULL CREATE TABLE t1(f1 INT, f2 INT, PRIMARY KEY(f1), KEY(f2))ENGINE=InnoDB; CREATE TABLE t2(f1 INT, FOREIGN KEY(f1) REFERENCES t1(f2) ON UPDATE CASCADE)ENGINE=InnoDB; ALTER TABLE t2 MODIFY COLUMN f1 INT NOT NULL; ERROR HY000: Column 'f1' cannot be NOT NULL: needed in a foreign key constraint '1' SET NULL INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1, 1); INSERT INTO t2 VALUES(1); UPDATE t1 SET f2= NULL; DELETE FROM t2; SELECT * FROM t1; f1 f2 1 NULL UPDATE t1 SET f2 = NULL; SELECT * FROM t1; f1 f2 1 NULL DROP TABLE t2, t1; # modify child column NOT NULL ON UPDATE SET NULL CREATE TABLE t1(f1 INT, f2 INT, PRIMARY KEY(f1), KEY(f2))ENGINE=InnoDB; CREATE TABLE t2(f1 INT, f2 INT, FOREIGN KEY(f1) REFERENCES t1(f1) ON UPDATE SET NULL)ENGINE=InnoDB; ALTER TABLE t2 MODIFY COLUMN f1 INT NOT NULL; ERROR HY000: Column 'f1' cannot be NOT NULL: needed in a foreign key constraint '1' SET NULL INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1, 1); INSERT INTO t2 VALUES(1, 1); UPDATE t1 SET f1= 2; SELECT * FROM t2; f1 f2 NULL 1 DROP TABLE t2, t1; # modify child column NOT NULL ON DELETE SET NULL CREATE TABLE t1(f1 INT, f2 INT, PRIMARY KEY(f1), KEY(f2))ENGINE=InnoDB; CREATE TABLE t2(f1 INT, f2 INT, FOREIGN KEY (f2) REFERENCES t1(f2) ON DELETE SET NULL)ENGINE=InnoDB; ALTER TABLE t2 MODIFY COLUMN f2 INT NOT NULL; ERROR HY000: Column 'f2' cannot be NOT NULL: needed in a foreign key constraint '1' SET NULL DROP TABLE t2, t1; # modify parent column NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE child column NOT NULL CREATE TABLE `t#1`(f1 INT, f2 INT NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY(f1), KEY(f2))ENGINE=InnoDB; CREATE TABLE `t#2`(f1 INT NOT NULL, FOREIGN KEY(f1) REFERENCES `t#1`(f2) ON UPDATE CASCADE)ENGINE=InnoDB; ALTER TABLE `t#1` MODIFY COLUMN f2 INT; ERROR HY000: Cannot change column 'f2': used in a foreign key constraint '1' of table 'test.t#2' INSERT INTO `t#1` VALUES(1, 1); INSERT INTO `t#2` VALUES(1); UPDATE `t#1` SET f2= NULL; ERROR 23000: Column 'f2' cannot be null DELETE FROM `t#2`; SELECT * FROM `t#1`; f1 f2 1 1 DROP TABLE `t#2`, `t#1`; CREATE TABLE t1(f1 INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, f2 INT DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY(f1), FOREIGN KEY(f2) REFERENCES t1(f1))ENGINE=InnoDB; CREATE TABLE t2 (f1 INT NOT NULL, f2 INT NOT NULL, f3 INT DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY(f1, f2), FOREIGN KEY(f2, f3) REFERENCES t1(f2, f1) ON UPDATE CASCADE)ENGINE=InnoDB; ERROR HY000: Can't create table `test`.`t2` (errno: 150 "Foreign key constraint is incorrectly formed") DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t2; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1;