http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/InnoDB_foreign_key_constraints.html

MySQL claims to have FK constraints (at least via InnoDB) -- no longer just support for constraints
in the metadata without enforcement.

Trust is another matter, of course.

-Philip

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> All you would need to do this startup process is use a separate exclusive
> connection to create your database. Even if others work thru the pool I
> wouldn't do it. Maybe with MySQL it wouldn't matter at all they don't have
> foreign keys anyway??? but to create the db I would be running thru a non
> production outlet.
> Alan
>

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