Are you trying to import a MySql dump file and getting the following error: “#1452 – Cannot add or update a child row: a foreign key constraint fails”? Its because of the foreign key validation checks.

You can run the following statement to get detailed error information:

SHOW ENGINE INNODB STATUS;

To import a Mysql dump file with foreign key constraints, open the MySql terminal and run the following statements:

mysql> SET foreign_key_checks = 0;
mysql> SOURCE dump_file_name;
mysql> SET foreign_key_checks = 1;

Alternatively, add

SET foreign_key_checks = 0;

at the beginning of the mysql dump file and

SET foreign_key_checks = 1;

at the end of the mysql dump file and then import the dump file to resolve the issue.