Thanks Sergey. The foreign key is a "member" of the table so dropping the table implicitly drops the foreign key, correct?

Einar

>Yes, you can just drop tables.
>
>>I am doing some redesign of a database and an application and am am able to drop 8 tables (sweeeeeet).
>>These 8 tables are linked through a foreign key to another table.
>>
>>Is it OK to just drop the 8 tables (DROP TABLE XYZ) and assume that the foreign key is removed with the table?
>>Or should I remove the foreign key before dropping the tables?