On 17 Nov 2006 at 15:42, Jim Starkey wrote:

>favor the keyword REPLACE. Yes, MySQL has a REPLACE statement with
>approximately (?) the same syntax, but the MySQL statement is
>completely screwed up and works badly, if at all, with triggers or
>foreign keys. Having Firebird do it right will making fixing MySQL
>easier (believe it or not).

Second that. I'd leave it as it is, and when somebody complains -
send them to press MySQL to fix their mistake.
If MySQL indeed don't have FK cascade and triggers - there is no
issue.

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SY, Dimitry Sibiryakov.