foreign key quey in mysql code example

Example 1: 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 2: 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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