how to add a column in existing table in mysql as a foreign key 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: 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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