如何删除也是其子项的子项的父项 table？

Question

我有两个表，它们都将彼此的主键作为外键引用，我想删除它们，但我不能。

我试过了：

alter table my_table drop constraint cons_name;

这给了我：

ORA-02443: 无法删除约束 - 不存在的约束

Answer 1

假设您有以下表格 (Oracle 12c) ...

create table table1 ( column1 primary key )
as
select level
from dual
connect by level <= 10 ;

create table table2 ( column1 primary key )
as
select level
from dual
connect by level <= 10 ;

alter table table1
add constraint fk1 
    foreign key ( column1 ) references table2( column1 ) ;

alter table table2
add constraint fk2 
    foreign key ( column1 ) references table1( column1 ) ;

如果要删除约束，请确保使用正确的约束名称。

-- find the correct constraint names
select table_name, constraint_name, constraint_type
from user_constraints
where table_name in( 'TABLE1', 'TABLE2' ) ;

TABLE_NAME  CONSTRAINT_NAME  CONSTRAINT_TYPE  
TABLE2      SYS_C0021482     P                
TABLE1      SYS_C0021483     P                
TABLE1      FK1              R                
TABLE2      FK2              R  

-- fails: constraint name correct, table name wrong
SQL> alter table table1 drop constraint SYS_C0021482;
ORA-02443: Cannot drop constraint  - nonexistent constraint

-- fails: need to disable/remove the FK constraint first
SQL> alter table table1 drop constraint SYS_C0021483;
ORA-02273: this unique/primary key is referenced by some foreign keys

-- okay
SQL> alter table table1 drop constraint FK1 ;
Table TABLE1 altered.

如果您只想删除两个表，包括所有约束，请使用 ...

SQL> drop table table1 cascade constraints purge ;

Table TABLE1 dropped.

SQL> drop table table2 cascade constraints purge ;

Table TABLE2 dropped.

检查：

-- any constraints left? no.
SQL> select table_name, constraint_name, constraint_type
  2  from user_constraints
  3  where table_name in( 'TABLE1', 'TABLE2' ) ;

no rows selected

如何删除也是其子项的子项的父项 table？

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