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Asked: May 12, 20262026-05-12T09:00:29+00:00 2026-05-12T09:00:29+00:00

In mySQL 5, is there a way to drop all foreign key constraints on

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In mySQL 5, is there a way to drop all foreign key constraints on a table with one SQL statement without referring to them by name?

I’m writing a DB update script, and unfortunately some of the sites had constraints created with “wrong” names. I’m trying to avoid going in and getting the actual constraint names from the DB and inserting them back into SQL statements.

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    2026-05-12T09:00:29+00:00Added an answer on May 12, 2026 at 9:00 am

    You can surely select * the table to a temp table, drop and recreate it, then copy back.

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