https://mwclabs.net/tags/mysql/Recent content in Mysql on mwclabsHugoen<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CC BY-NC 4.0</a>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:32:31 -0300https://mwclabs.net/posts/2011/07/disabling-foreign-key-check-on-mysql/Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:32:31 -0300https://mwclabs.net/posts/2011/07/disabling-foreign-key-check-on-mysql/<p>Useful when you need to quickly restore a backup.</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-sql" data-lang="sql"><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#66d9ef">SET</span> FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS <span style="color:#f92672">=</span> <span style="color:#ae81ff">0</span>; </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#66d9ef">SOURCE</span> db_xyz.<span style="color:#66d9ef">sql</span>; </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#66d9ef">SET</span> FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS <span style="color:#f92672">=</span> <span style="color:#ae81ff">1</span>; </span></span></code></pre></div>