How to remove constraints from my MySQL table?

Question

I would like to remove the constraints from my table. 

My query is:

ALTER TABLE `tbl_magazine_issue` 
DROP CONSTRAINT `FK_tbl_magazine_issue_mst_users`

However, I am getting the following error:

#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'constraint FK_tbl_magazine_issue_mst_users' at line 1

Answer 1

MySQL has a special syntax for dropping the foreign key constraints:

ALTER TABLE tbl_magazine_issue
  DROP FOREIGN KEY FK_tbl_magazine_issue_mst_users

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