alter table add foreign key sql server 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: alter table add column and foreign key mysql

ALTER TABLE database.table
  ADD COLUMN columnname INT DEFAULT(1),
  ADD FOREIGN KEY fk_name(fk_column) REFERENCES reftable(refcolumn) ON DELETE CASCADE;

Example 4: alter table add key sql server

ALTER TABLE Persons
ADD CONSTRAINT PK_Person PRIMARY KEY (ID,LastName);

Example 5: foreign key mssql

CREATE TABLE Sales.TempSalesReason 
   (
      TempID int NOT NULL, Name nvarchar(50)
      , CONSTRAINT PK_TempSales PRIMARY KEY NONCLUSTERED (TempID)
      , CONSTRAINT FK_TempSales_SalesReason FOREIGN KEY (TempID)
        REFERENCES Sales.SalesReason (SalesReasonID)
        ON DELETE CASCADE
        ON UPDATE CASCADE
   )
;