mysql add constraint code example

Example 1: foreign key mySql

CREATE TABLE parent (
    id INT NOT NULL,
    PRIMARY KEY (id)
) ENGINE=INNODB;

CREATE TABLE child (
    id INT,
    parent_id INT,
    INDEX par_ind (parent_id),
    FOREIGN KEY (parent_id)
        REFERENCES parent(id)
        ON DELETE CASCADE
) ENGINE=INNODB;

Example 2: 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 3: mysql alter table set column unique

ALTER TABLE contacts
ADD CONSTRAINT contacts_unique UNIQUE (reference_number);

Example 4: 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