foreign key in mysql code example
Example 1: mysql change foreign key
ALTER TABLE Orders
ADD FOREIGN KEY (PersonID) REFERENCES Persons(PersonID);
Example 2: drop foreign key
ALTER TABLE table_name
DROP CONSTRAINT fk_name;
Example 3: mysql add foreign key
-- On Create
CREATE TABLE tableName (
ID INT,
SomeEntityID INT,
PRIMARY KEY (ID),
FOREIGN KEY (SomeEntityID)
REFERENCES SomeEntityTable(ID)
ON DELETE CASCADE
);
-- On Alter, if the column already exists but has no FK
ALTER TABLE
tableName
ADD
FOREIGN KEY (SomeEntityID) REFERENCES SomeEntityTable(ID) ON DELETE CASCADE;
-- Add FK with a specific name
-- On Alter, if the column already exists but has no FK
ALTER TABLE
tableName
ADD CONSTRAINT fk_name
FOREIGN KEY (SomeEntityID) REFERENCES SomeEntityTable(ID) ON DELETE CASCADE;
Example 4: fk in insert mysql
INSERT INTO joke(joke_text, joke_date, author_id)
VALUES (‘Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.’, ‘1899–03–13’,
(SELECT id FROM author WHERE author_name = ‘Famous Anthony’));
Example 5: foreign key mySql
CREATE TABLE parent (
id INT NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (id)
) ENGINE=INNODB;
CREATE TABLE child (
id INT,
parent_id INT,
INDEX par_ind (parent_id),
FOREIGN KEY (parent_id)
REFERENCES parent(id)
ON DELETE CASCADE
) ENGINE=INNODB;
Example 6: how to connect database foreign key in mysql
CREATE TABLE products(
productId INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
productName varchar(100) not null,
categoryId INT NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT fk_category
FOREIGN KEY (categoryId)
REFERENCES categories(categoryId)
ON UPDATE CASCADE
ON DELETE CASCADE
) ENGINE=INNODB;