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MySQL 1245: Cannot drop partition.
- Check if the partition you are trying to drop exists and if it's not in use by running:
SELECT PARTITIONNAME, TABLENAME FROM informationschema.partitions WHERE TABLESCHEMA = 'yourdatabasename';
Replace `yourdatabasename` with the name of your database.
- Verify there are no foreign keys or other dependencies preventing the partition from being dropped. Use the following query to check for foreign key constraints:
SELECT TABLENAME, COLUMNNAME, CONSTRAINTNAME, REFERENCEDTABLENAME, REFERENCEDCOLUMN_NAME
FROM informationschema.KEYCOLUMN_USAGE
WHERE REFERENCEDTABLESCHEMA = 'yourdatabasename';
- Ensure there are no active transactions involving the partition. Check for active transactions with:
SHOW ENGINE INNODB STATUS;
Look under the `TRANSACTIONS` section for transactions that might be using the partition.
- If safe, attempt to remove any data dependencies or foreign keys before dropping the partition again. If it's a foreign key constraint, you may need to temporarily disable foreign key checks (be very cautious with this approach):
SET FOREIGNKEYCHECKS=0;
-- Your DROP PARTITION command here
SET FOREIGNKEYCHECKS=1;
Be sure to replace `-- Your DROP PARTITION command here` with your actual `DROP PARTITION` command.
- Finally, if the partition can be safely dropped (e.g., not in use, no dependencies), run the drop partition command again, ensuring you specify the correct partition name:
ALTER TABLE yourtablename DROP PARTITION partition_name;
Replace `yourtablename` with the name of your table and `partition_name` with the name of the partition you wish to drop.
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