key used as foreign key 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: how to connect database foreign key in mysql
CREATE TABLE products(
productId INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
productName varchar(100) not null,
categoryId INT NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT fk_category
FOREIGN KEY (categoryId)
REFERENCES categories(categoryId)
ON UPDATE CASCADE
ON DELETE CASCADE
) ENGINE=INNODB;