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9/6/21, 4:00 PM SQL - Foreign Key

SQL - Foreign Key

A foreign key is a key used to link two tables together. This is sometimes also called as a
referencing key.

A Foreign Key is a column or a combination of columns whose values match a Primary Key in a
different table.
The relationship between 2 tables matches the Primary Key in one of the tables with a
Foreign Key in the second table.

If a table has a primary key defined on any field(s), then you cannot have two records having
the same value of that field(s).

Example

Consider the structure of the following two tables.


CUSTOMERS table

CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS(

ID INT NOT NULL,

NAME VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL,

AGE INT NOT NULL,

ADDRESS CHAR (25) ,

SALARY DECIMAL (18, 2),

PRIMARY KEY (ID)

);

ORDERS table

CREATE TABLE ORDERS (

ID INT NOT NULL,

DATE DATETIME,

CUSTOMER_ID INT references CUSTOMERS(ID),

AMOUNT double,

PRIMARY KEY (ID)

);

If the ORDERS table has already been created and the foreign key has not yet been set, the
use the syntax for specifying a foreign key by altering a table.

ALTER TABLE ORDERS

ADD FOREIGN KEY (Customer_ID) REFERENCES CUSTOMERS (ID);

DROP a FOREIGN KEY Constraint


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To drop a FOREIGN KEY constraint, use the following SQL syntax.

ALTER TABLE ORDERS

DROP FOREIGN KEY;

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