Oracle announced the general availability of MySQL Cluster 7.3, which adds foreign key support, a new NoSQL JavaScript Connector for node.js, and an auto-installer to make setting up clusters easier.

MySQL will soon store FOREIGN KEY definitions so that a client can ask for and receive an answer about how the original connection was made. The current `.frm' file format does not have any place for ...

Can you do a foreign key within a single table, though? I've only ever seen foreign key constraints tying a field in one table to a field in another table.

Hence, the birth of the MySQL InnoDB vs. MyISAM debate. Of course, MySQL users prior to the 5.5 release were probably perplexed by the assertion that the database didn't support foreign keys. MySQL ...

Foreign key 'geneassay_fk' references invalid column 'geneassay' in referencing table 'b_SequencingData_seq'. Msg 1750, Level 16, State 0, Line 43 Could not create constraint.