MySQL – Check Table Before Deleting a Constraint

I was able to recreate this problem.

CREATE DATABASE Archive 
ON
PRIMARY ( NAME = Arch1,
    FILENAME = 'c:\data\archdat1.mdf'),
    FILEGROUP FileStreamGroup1 CONTAINS FILESTREAM( NAME = Arch3,
    FILENAME = 'c:\data\filestream1')
 LOG ON  ( NAME = Archlog1,
         FILENAME = 'c:\data\archlog1.ldf')
GO
CREATE TABLE Archive.dbo.Records
(
    [Id] [uniqueidentifier] ROWGUIDCOL NOT NULL UNIQUE, 
    [Chart] VARBINARY(MAX) FILESTREAM NULL
)
GO

ALTER TABLE Archive.dbo.Records WITH NOCHECK 
  ADD CONSTRAINT testfilestream UNIQUE (ID)
GO
ALTER TABLE Archive.dbo.Records
DROP CONSTRAINT testfilestream

Best I can tell this is a bug and (1) SQL Server has a hard rule relating to tables with FILESTREAM columns that says "if they try to drop ANY UNIQUE constraint on the ROWGUIDCOL column in a table with FILESTREAM, don't let them" and/or (2) There only ever is one UNIQUE constraint on a column and making another is like making an alias. So when you try and drop one, you're really dropping both.

As to how to solve it. Unfortunately, you can't add a second ROWGUIDCOL type column to a table, so that prevents a fix that's internal to the existing table. You'll probably have to create a new table with the same schema, (minus the extra unique constraint), copy the data from the current table to the new table, then drop the old table and rename the new one back to the old name.

What you need are two triggers to catch the invalid age condition

• BEFORE INSERT
• BEFORE UPDATE

The following is based on a jerry-rigged error trapping method for MySQL Triggers from Chapter 11, Pages 254-256 of the book MySQL Stored Procedure Programming under the subheading 'Validating Data with Triggers':

drop table mytable; 
create table mytable ( 
    id smallint unsigned AUTO_INCREMENT, 
    age tinyint not null, 
    primary key(id) 
); 
DELIMITER $$  
CREATE TRIGGER checkage_bi BEFORE INSERT ON mytable FOR EACH ROW  
BEGIN  
    DECLARE dummy,baddata INT;  
    SET baddata = 0;  
    IF NEW.age > 20 THEN  
        SET baddata = 1;  
    END IF;  
    IF NEW.age < 1 THEN  
        SET baddata = 1;  
    END IF;  
    IF baddata = 1 THEN  
        SELECT CONCAT('Cannot Insert This Because Age ',NEW.age,' is Invalid')  
        INTO dummy FROM information_schema.tables;
    END IF;  
END; $$  
CREATE TRIGGER checkage_bu BEFORE UPDATE ON mytable FOR EACH ROW  
BEGIN  
    DECLARE dummy,baddata INT;  
    SET baddata = 0;  
    IF NEW.age > 20 THEN  
        SET baddata = 1;  
    END IF;  
    IF NEW.age < 1 THEN  
        SET baddata = 1;  
    END IF;  
    IF baddata = 1 THEN  
        SELECT CONCAT('Cannot Update This Because Age ',NEW.age,' is Invalid')  
        INTO dummy FROM information_schema.tables;
    END IF;  
END; $$  
DELIMITER ;  
insert into mytable (age) values (10);
insert into mytable (age) values (15);
insert into mytable (age) values (20);
insert into mytable (age) values (25);
insert into mytable (age) values (35);
select * from mytable;
insert into mytable (age) values (5);
select * from mytable;

Here is the result:

mysql> drop table mytable;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec)

mysql> create table mytable (
    ->     id smallint unsigned AUTO_INCREMENT,
    ->     age tinyint not null,
    ->     primary key(id)
    -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.06 sec)

mysql> DELIMITER $$
mysql> CREATE TRIGGER checkage_bi BEFORE INSERT ON mytable FOR EACH ROW
    -> BEGIN
    ->     DECLARE dummy,baddata INT;
    ->     SET baddata = 0;
    ->     IF NEW.age > 20 THEN
    ->         SET baddata = 1;
    ->     END IF;
    ->     IF NEW.age < 1 THEN
    ->         SET baddata = 1;
    ->     END IF;
    ->     IF baddata = 1 THEN
    ->         SELECT CONCAT('Cannot Insert This Because Age ',NEW.age,' is Invalid')
    ->         INTO dummy FROM information_schema.tables;
    ->     END IF;
    -> END; $$
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.08 sec)

mysql> CREATE TRIGGER checkage_bu BEFORE UPDATE ON mytable FOR EACH ROW
    -> BEGIN
    ->     DECLARE dummy,baddata INT;
    ->     SET baddata = 0;
    ->     IF NEW.age > 20 THEN
    ->         SET baddata = 1;
    ->     END IF;
    ->     IF NEW.age < 1 THEN
    ->         SET baddata = 1;
    ->     END IF;
    ->     IF baddata = 1 THEN
    ->         SELECT CONCAT('Cannot Update This Because Age ',NEW.age,' is Invalid')
    ->         INTO dummy FROM information_schema.tables;
    ->     END IF;
    -> END; $$
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.07 sec)

mysql> DELIMITER ;
mysql> insert into mytable (age) values (10);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.06 sec)

mysql> insert into mytable (age) values (15);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.05 sec)

mysql> insert into mytable (age) values (20);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.04 sec)

mysql> insert into mytable (age) values (25);
ERROR 1172 (42000): Result consisted of more than one row
mysql> insert into mytable (age) values (35);
ERROR 1172 (42000): Result consisted of more than one row
mysql> select * from mytable;
+----+-----+
| id | age |
+----+-----+
|  1 |  10 |
|  2 |  15 |
|  3 |  20 |
+----+-----+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> insert into mytable (age) values (5);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.07 sec)

mysql> select * from mytable;
+----+-----+
| id | age |
+----+-----+
|  1 |  10 |
|  2 |  15 |
|  3 |  20 |
|  4 |   5 |
+----+-----+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>

Please also notice that auto increment values are not wasted or lost.

Give it a Try !!!