how to create a sql table with foreign key constraint in mysql code example
Example 1: mysql add foreign key
CREATE TABLE tableName (
ID INT,
SomeEntityID INT,
PRIMARY KEY (ID),
FOREIGN KEY (SomeEntityID)
REFERENCES SomeEntityTable(ID)
ON DELETE CASCADE
);
ALTER TABLE
tableName
ADD
FOREIGN KEY (SomeEntityID) REFERENCES SomeEntityTable(ID) ON DELETE CASCADE;
ALTER TABLE
tableName
ADD CONSTRAINT fk_name
FOREIGN KEY (SomeEntityID) REFERENCES SomeEntityTable(ID) ON DELETE CASCADE;
Example 2: create table mysql with foreign key
CREATE TABLE Orders (
OrderID int NOT NULL,
OrderNumber int NOT NULL,
PersonID int,
PRIMARY KEY (OrderID),
FOREIGN KEY (PersonID) REFERENCES Persons(PersonID)
);