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Check Constraint

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check constraint:

* It is domain level constraint


* implemented at column level
* it will check the given condition before inserting value
into a column.

syntax to add constraint during table creation:

create table tablename(


column_name datatype(size)constraint name check(condition),
column_name datatype(size)constraint name check(condition),
.
.
column_name datatype(size));

Note:
column_name must be used while writing condition

Example:

create a table flight with columns flight_id, flight_name,


Seat_no, amount

flight_id column must allow number above 1000 and below 9999

seat_no column must allow number between 1 to 50

amount column must allow price above 100

create table flight(


flight_id number(4)constraint flight_id check(flight_id between 1000 and 9999),
flight_name varchar2(25)constraint flight_name not null,
seat_no number(2)constraint seat_no check(seat_no between 1 and 50),
amount number(5)constraint amount check(amount>100));

IncomeTax(tax_id,payee_name,tax_slab,tax_amount,percentage)

add constraint check to tax_slab column, it must allow values between 1 to 100

syntax:
alter table tablename modify columnname datatype(size)
cosntraint name check(condition);

ex:

alter table incometax modify tax_slab number(3)


constraint tax_slab check(tax_slab between 1 and 100);

add constraint check to percentage column, it must allow values between 0.01 to
0.25

alter table incometax modify percentage number(5,2)


constraint percentage check(percentage between 0.01 and 0.25);

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