set @save_check_constraint=@@check_constraint_checks; create table t1 (a int check(a>10), b int check (b > 20), constraint `min` check (a+b > 100), constraint `max` check (a+b <500)) engine=myisam; show create table t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL CHECK (a>10), `b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL CHECK (b > 20), CONSTRAINT `min` CHECK (a+b > 100), CONSTRAINT `max` CHECK (a+b <500) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 insert into t1 values (100,100); insert into t1 values (1,1); ERROR HY000: CONSTRAINT 'a' failed for 'test.t1' insert into t1 values (20,1); ERROR HY000: CONSTRAINT 'b' failed for 'test.t1' insert into t1 values (20,30); ERROR HY000: CONSTRAINT 'min' failed for 'test.t1' insert into t1 values (500,500); ERROR HY000: CONSTRAINT 'max' failed for 'test.t1' insert into t1 values (101,101),(102,102),(600,600),(103,103); ERROR HY000: CONSTRAINT 'max' failed for 'test.t1' select * from t1; a b 100 100 101 101 102 102 truncate table t1; insert ignore into t1 values (101,101),(102,102),(600,600),(103,103); Warnings: Warning 1369 CONSTRAINT 'max' failed for 'test.t1' select * from t1; a b 101 101 102 102 103 103 set check_constraint_checks=0; truncate table t1; insert into t1 values (101,101),(102,102),(600,600),(103,103); select * from t1; a b 101 101 102 102 600 600 103 103 set check_constraint_checks=@save_check_constraint; alter table t1 add c int default 0 check (c < 10); ERROR HY000: CONSTRAINT 'max' failed for table set check_constraint_checks=0; alter table t1 add c int default 0 check (c < 10); alter table t1 add check (a+b+c < 500); set check_constraint_checks=@save_check_constraint; show create table t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL CHECK (a>10), `b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL CHECK (b > 20), `c` int(11) DEFAULT '0' CHECK (c < 10), CONSTRAINT `min` CHECK (a+b > 100), CONSTRAINT `max` CHECK (a+b <500), CONSTRAINT `CONSTRAINT_1` CHECK (a+b+c < 500) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 insert into t1 values(105,105,105); ERROR HY000: CONSTRAINT 'c' failed for 'test.t1' insert into t1 values(249,249,9); ERROR HY000: CONSTRAINT 'CONSTRAINT_1' failed for 'test.t1' insert into t1 values(105,105,9); select * from t1; a b c 101 101 0 102 102 0 600 600 0 103 103 0 105 105 9 create table t2 like t1; show create table t2; Table Create Table t2 CREATE TABLE `t2` ( `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL CHECK (a>10), `b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL CHECK (b > 20), `c` int(11) DEFAULT '0' CHECK (c < 10), CONSTRAINT `min` CHECK (a+b > 100), CONSTRAINT `max` CHECK (a+b <500), CONSTRAINT `CONSTRAINT_1` CHECK (a+b+c < 500) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 alter table t2 drop constraint c; ERROR 42000: Can't DROP 'c'; check that constraint/column/key exists alter table t2 drop constraint min; show create table t2; Table Create Table t2 CREATE TABLE `t2` ( `a` int(11) DEFAULT NULL CHECK (a>10), `b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL CHECK (b > 20), `c` int(11) DEFAULT '0' CHECK (c < 10), CONSTRAINT `max` CHECK (a+b <500), CONSTRAINT `CONSTRAINT_1` CHECK (a+b+c < 500) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 drop table t1,t2;