Depending on the version of MySQL, you can do updates against multiple tables. However, if you're having to update multiple tables and change the FK's, then you're doing something really weird. The FKs are just there to maintain integrity. If you're altering FKs, then you're losing integrity. If you're needing last_insert_id for FK'ed tables, that means you're creating the child before the parent, which also makes no sense. Or, am I missing something?
My criteria for good software:
  1. Does it work?
  2. Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?

In reply to Re: DBI & Multiple Table Inserts, Foreign Key Inserts and Transactions by dragonchild
in thread DBI & Multiple Table Inserts, Foreign Key Inserts and Transactions by awohld

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