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foreign key

CREATE TABLE Employee(
    EmployeeID int NOT NULL,
    LastName varchar(50) NOT NULL,
    FirstName varchar(20) NOT NULL,
    Age int,
    DeptNo int,
    PRIMARY KEY (EmployeeID),
    FOREIGN KEY (DeptNo) REFERENCES Department(DeptNo)
);

foreign key

Foreign Key: 
It is a column that comes from a different table and
using Foreign key tables are related each other
It is the primary key of another table
It can be duplicate or null for another table


Primary Key :
It is unique column in every table in a database
It can ONLY accept;
    - nonduplicate values
    - cannot be NULL

Unique Key:
Only unique value and also can contain NULL

foreign key constraint

CREATE TABLE Students ( 	 /* Create table with foreign key - Way 1 */
    ID INT NOT NULL
    Name VARCHAR(255)
    LibraryID INT
    PRIMARY KEY (ID)
    FOREIGN KEY (Library_ID) REFERENCES Library(LibraryID)
);

CREATE TABLE Students ( 	 /* Create table with foreign key - Way 2 */
    ID INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY
    Name VARCHAR(255)
    LibraryID INT FOREIGN KEY (Library_ID) REFERENCES Library(LibraryID)
);


ALTER TABLE Students 	 /* Add a new foreign key */
ADD FOREIGN KEY (LibraryID)
REFERENCES Library (LibraryID);

what is foreign key

Foreign Key: 
It is a column that comes from a different table and
using Foreign key tables are related each other
It is the primary key of another table
It can be duplicate or null for another table

foreign key

USE Organization
CREATE TABLE Employee_Office
(
Id INT PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY(1,1),
Emp_Id int FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES Employee(Id),
Office_Id int FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES Office(Id)
)

What is foreign key?

Foreign Key is a non-key attribute which is derived from the primary key 
of another table which links those tables together.