How to change the foreign key referential action? (behavior)

Question

I have set up a table that contains a column with a foreign key, set to ON DELETE CASCADE (delete child when parent is deleted)

What would the SQL com

Answer 1

I had a bunch of FKs to alter, so I wrote something to make the statements for me. Figured I'd share:

SELECT

CONCAT('ALTER TABLE `' ,rc.TABLE_NAME,
    '` DROP FOREIGN KEY `' ,rc.CONSTRAINT_NAME,'`;')
, CONCAT('ALTER TABLE `' ,rc.TABLE_NAME,
    '` ADD CONSTRAINT `' ,rc.CONSTRAINT_NAME ,'` FOREIGN KEY (`',kcu.COLUMN_NAME,
    '`) REFERENCES `',kcu.REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME,'` (`',kcu.REFERENCED_COLUMN_NAME,'`) ON DELETE CASCADE;')

FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTS rc
LEFT OUTER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE kcu
    ON kcu.TABLE_SCHEMA = rc.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA
    AND kcu.CONSTRAINT_NAME = rc.CONSTRAINT_NAME
WHERE DELETE_RULE = 'NO ACTION'
AND rc.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA = 'foo'