外鍵是表與表之間的某種約定關系,由於這個關系的存在,我們能讓表之間的數據更加完整,關聯性更強。
(1).創建外鍵約束
創建測試環境:
mysql> create database test_db; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> use test_db; Database changed mysql> create table user_table(id int key,name varchar(20),age int); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec) mysql> insert into user_table values('1','zhangsan','18'),('2','lisi','19'),('3','wangwu','20'); Query OK, 3 rows affected (0.02 sec) Records: 3 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 mysql> select * from user_table; +------+----------+------+ | id | name | age | +------+----------+------+ | 1 | zhangsan | 18 | | 2 | lisi | 19 | | 3 | wangwu | 20 | +------+----------+------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
create table [表名]([字段名] [字段類型] [字段約束],...,[constraint [外鍵字段名]] foreign key (本表字段名) references [父表表名]([父表字段名]) [ON DELETE CASCADE] [ON UPDATE CASCADE]);
mysql> create table job_table(job_id int,user_id int,job_name varchar(20),foreign key (user_id) references user_table(id) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.05 sec)
其中,ON DELETE CASCADE和ON UPDATE CASCADE表示父表刪除或更新,那么自動刪除或更新子表中對應的行。
另外,創建外鍵需要滿足以下條件:1.確保父表和字段的存在;2.父表的字段必須是索引,外鍵的字段默認是普通索引;3.數據庫引擎必須是innodb,一般默認是這個;4.外鍵字段和關聯字段的數據類型必須一致。
(2).刪除外鍵約束
alter table [表名] drop foreign key [外鍵字段名];
mysql> show create table job_table\G //沒有寫外鍵字段名需要先查看一下 *************************** 1. row *************************** Table: job_table Create Table: CREATE TABLE `job_table` ( `job_id` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `user_id` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `job_name` varchar(20) DEFAULT NULL, KEY `user_id` (`user_id`), CONSTRAINT `job_table_ibfk_1` FOREIGN KEY (`user_id`) REFERENCES `user_table` (`id`) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> alter table job_table drop foreign key `job_table_ibfk_1`; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec) Records: 0 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 mysql> show create table job_table\G *************************** 1. row *************************** Table: job_table Create Table: CREATE TABLE `job_table` ( `job_id` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `user_id` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `job_name` varchar(20) DEFAULT NULL, KEY `user_id` (`user_id`) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
(3).添加外鍵約束
alter table [表名] add [constraint [外鍵字段名]] foreign key (本表字段名) references [父表表名]([父表字段名]) [ON DELETE CASCADE] [ON UPDATE CASCADE];
mysql> alter table job_table add foreign key (user_id) references user_table(id) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.13 sec) Records: 0 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 mysql> show create table job_table\G *************************** 1. row *************************** Table: job_table Create Table: CREATE TABLE `job_table` ( `job_id` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `user_id` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `job_name` varchar(20) DEFAULT NULL, KEY `user_id` (`user_id`), CONSTRAINT `job_table_ibfk_1` FOREIGN KEY (`user_id`) REFERENCES `user_table` (`id`) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 1 row in set (0.00 sec)