Use alter table command to add foreign key with more than two columns : Alter Table « Table « Oracle PL / SQL






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Use alter table command to add foreign key with more than two columns

  

SQL> -- use alter table command to add foreign key with more than two columns acting as the key
SQL>
SQL>     CREATE TABLE supplier
  2      (      supplier_id     numeric(10)     not null,
  3             supplier_name   varchar2(50)    not null,
  4             contact_name    varchar2(50),
  5             CONSTRAINT supplier_pk PRIMARY KEY (supplier_id, supplier_name)
  6      );

Table created.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL>     CREATE TABLE products
  2      (      product_id      numeric(10)     not null,
  3             supplier_id     numeric(10)     not null,
  4             supplier_name   varchar2(50)    not null
  5      );

Table created.

SQL>
SQL> ALTER TABLE products
  2  add CONSTRAINT fk_supplier
  3    FOREIGN KEY (supplier_id, supplier_name)
  4    REFERENCES supplier(supplier_id, supplier_name);

Table altered.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL>     desc products;
 Name                                                                                                  Null?    Type
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- --------------------------------------------------------------------

 PRODUCT_ID                                                                                            NOT NULL NUMBER(10)
 SUPPLIER_ID                                                                                           NOT NULL NUMBER(10)
 SUPPLIER_NAME                                                                                         NOT NULL VARCHAR2(50)

SQL>     desc supplier;
 Name                                                                                                  Null?    Type
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- --------------------------------------------------------------------

 SUPPLIER_ID                                                                                           NOT NULL NUMBER(10)
 SUPPLIER_NAME                                                                                         NOT NULL VARCHAR2(50)
 CONTACT_NAME                                                                                           VARCHAR2(50)

SQL>
SQL>     drop table products cascade constraints;

Table dropped.

SQL>
SQL>     drop table supplier cascade constraints;

Table dropped.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> \








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