how to set foreign key in mysql code example

Example 1: alter table add foreign key mysql

ALTER TABLE orders
ADD 
FOREIGN KEY (user_id) REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE;

Example 2: 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 3: add constraint fk

ALTER TABLE Orders
ADD CONSTRAINT FK_PersonOrder
FOREIGN KEY (PersonID) REFERENCES Persons(PersonID);

Example 4: alter table add column forigen key mysql

ALTER TABLE tryholpz_demo07.core_modules 
ADD COLUMN belongs_to_role INT, 
ADD FOREIGN KEY core_modules(belongs_to_role) REFERENCES role_specific_modules_info(id) ON DELETE CASCADE

Example 5: mysql alter add foreign key

ALTER TABLE ordenes ADD ticket VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL;
ALTER TABLE ordenes ADD CONSTRAINT fk_ticket FOREIGN KEY (ticket) REFERENCES tickets(ticket);
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Example 6: add column mysql with foreign key

ALTER TABLE `TABLE_NAME`
ADD COLUMN `COLUMN_NAME` BIGINT(20) UNSIGNED NULL DEFAULT NULL AFTER `AFTER_COLUMN_NAME`, 
ADD FOREIGN KEY `FOREIGN_RELATION_NAME`(`COLUMN_NAME`) REFERENCES `FOREIGN_TABLE`(`FOREIGN_COLUMN`)  ON UPDATE SET NULL ON DELETE SET NULL

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