Altering Data Types

[BThomps]

I am trying to change the data type of a primary key in table A from INT(11) to CHAR(11). However, this primary key is a foreign key in tables B and C. SQL is giving me an error whenever I try to change the value type of the primary key. Here is the query that I tried:

ALTER TABLE CUSTOMER CHANGE CUSTID CUSTID CHAR( 11 ) NOT NULL

The error I am getting is #1025. Do I need to use a double nested query to change its data type in tables A, B, and C? I'm a bit lost here.

[smantscheff]

Drop the foreign key relations.
Modify all three tables to the same data type.
Re-create the foreign key relations.

[BThomps]

It worked. Thank you.