what is constraint name in mysql code example

Example 1: 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;

Example 2: foreign key type uniqu mysql

mysql > create unique index index_bar_id on foos(bar_id);
mysql > alter table foos add constraint index_bar_id foreign key (bar_id) references bars (id);

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