I am new to SQL Oracle.I have the following script:
create table students(
sid char(10),
honors char(10) not null,
primary key (sid),
Constraint studentConst foreign key (honors) references Courses(cid),
);
create table Courses(
cid char(10),
grader char(20) not null,
primary key (cid),
Constraint CoursesConst foreign key (grader) references students(sid),
);
SET CONSTRAINT studentConst,CoursesConst DEFERRED;
I get the following error on running the above script:
SQL Error: ORA-00904: : invalid identifier on line 5. Why do I get this error ?
I don't think you can create a foreign key constraint on a table that doesn't yet exist.
Since you have a two-way constraint, you'll need to create the first table without the constraint, then add it with alter table after the second table has been created.
Deferred constraints are for checking data. Deferral simply means the check won't be carried out until the end of the transaction. It does not mean "defer the creation of the constraints so I can set up a circular reference" :-)
It looks like line 5 is trying to reference Courses(cid). However, at this point, the Courses table does not exist, as it's created in the following SQL block.
Try creating dependent tables first.
Add the constraint after the tables are built. You can do this using an alter table statement:
create table students(
sid char(10),
honors char(10) not null,
primary key (sid)
);
create table Courses(
cid char(10),
grader char(20) not null,
primary key (cid),
Constraint CoursesConst foreign key (grader) references students(sid)
);
alter table students add constraint studentConst foreign key (honors) references Courses(cid)
The SQLFiddle is here.
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My problem is that i have two tables with each table having a foreign key to the other table.
Each time , i execute the SQL file containing the creation of the two tables, it gives me an error that he doesn't find the other table. I'm working with sqlplus to execute the sql file.
Here's an example of SQL file i tried with :
create table A(
Age number(3),
name number(3) constraint A_FK references B(name))
/
create table B(
Age number(3) constraint B_FK references A(Age),
name number(3))
And even if i reverse the order, it gives the same error.
Thanks for help.
This is a problem of cycles in foreign keys. One method is to add all foreign keys after table creation (as I think the other answers propose).
You can also just do that for the first table:
create table A (
Age number(3) primary key,
name number(3)
);
create table B (
name number(3) primary key,
Age number(3),
constraint B_FK foreign key (age) references A(Age)
);
alter table B add constraint A_FK foreign key (name) references B(name);
Here is a db<>fiddle.
Notes:
Foreign keys should reference primary keys, so I added that declaration as well.
I recommend making the primary key the first column in the table.
You can also define the constraint inline for one of the tables (i.e. age number(3) constraint b_fk references a(age)).
The table column(s) that is referred by a foreign key must exist at the time when the constraint is created. Since you have some kind of cyclic reference between the tables, you need to do this in three steps:
first create one table without the foreign key
create the second table (with its foreign key)
finally add the foreign key to the first table with an alter table statement
You also need the referred column to have a unique or primary key constraint set up, otherwise you would get error ORA-02270: no matching unique or primary key for this column-list.
create table A(
age number(3) primary key,
name number(3)
);
create table B(
age number(3) constraint B_FK references A(Age),
name number(3) primary key
);
alter table A add constraint A_FK foreign key (name) references B(name);
Demo on DB Fiddle
Side note: I am quite suspicious about your sample structure, but this could be because your oversimplified it in the question.
It fails because the reference table doesn't exist yet.
Create the tables without the key first. Then drop one and recreated it with the reference. Then drop the 2nd and recreate it with the reference.
Create table first and then ADD the CONSTRAINT
ALTER TABLE A
ADD FOREIGN KEY (name) REFERENCES B(name);
ALTER TABLE B
ADD FOREIGN KEY (age) REFERENCES A(age);
CREATE TABLE CUSTOMER
(
CNUM VARCHAR(25) NOT NULL,
CNAME VARCHAR(75) NOT NULL,
CTYPE VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT CUSTOMER_PK PRIMARY KEY(CNUM),
CONSTRAINT CHECK_CTYPE CHECK(CTYPE IN('INDIVIDUAL', 'INSTITUTION'))
);
CREATE TABLE CREDIT_TERM
(
CREDITSTATUS VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
STARTDATE DATE NOT NULL,
ENDDATE DATE NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT CREDIT_TERM_PK PRIMARY KEY(CREDITSTATUS)
);
insert into CREDIT_TERM values('ONE-MONTH','15-05-2015','15-06-2015');
insert into CREDIT_TERM values('TWO-MONTH','15-05-2015','15-06-2015');
insert into CREDIT_TERM values('THREE-MONTH','15-05-2015','15-06-2015');
ALTER TABLE CUSTOMER
ADD CONSTRAINT CUSTOMER_FK_CREDITSTATUS
FOREIGN KEY(CREDITSTATUS) REFERENCES CREDIT_TERM(CREDITSTATUS);
I am trying to add a foreign key constraint, but I don't understand why I get this error:
ERROR at last line :
ORA-00904: "CREDITSTATUS": invalid identifier
As I noted in the comments, your customer table does not have a creditstatus column. You'd first have to add it:
ALTER TABLE customer ADD creditstatus VARCHAR2(20);
And then make it a foreign key, with the statement you already have.
You're trying to add a foreign key constraint for a foreign key named CREDITSTATUS on the CUSTOMER table. However, the CUSTOMER table doesn't have a foreign key for CREDITSTATUS.
You'll have to create a foreign key in CUSTOMER for CREDITSTATUS, then rerun the last line to add the constraint.
EDIT
Use ALTER TABLE to add the column to CUSTOMER:
ALTER TABLE CUSTOMER ADD CREDITSTATUS VARCHAR(20);
Docs:
http://www.techonthenet.com/oracle/tables/alter_table.php
You can add the column and the foreign key constraint in one statement:
alter table customer add (
creditstatus varchar2(20) constraint customer_fk_creditstatus references credit_term
);
A few notes. First, I enclosed the column definition in parentheses. It may work without them, but the official syntax seems to require them. http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/statements_3001.htm#i2103924
Second, in an in-line constraint (defined at the column level, not at the table level), you may not use the words FOREIGN KEY. The word REFERENCES already identifies the constraint type. Third, if you reference the PRIMARY KEY of the referenced table, you are not required to (but you may if you wish) name the referenced column in the referenced table. If you don't name the column, the PRIMARY KEY of the referenced table will be used by default - which is what you want anyway, in the vast majority of cases.
I am trying to create two tables using the following SQL:
create table student(sid char(20) primary key,name char(20),age int,hours char(10) references courses(cid));
create table courses(cid char(10),cname char(10),grader char(20) references student(sid));
However I get the following error:
1: ERROR: relation "courses" does not exist
3: ERROR: relation "student" does not exist
Is there any way or syntax which can solve this problem?
You would need to create the tables first (without REFERENCES clause). After that create your foreign keys manually by statement ALTER TABLE mytable ADD CONSTRAINT mytablefk FOREIGN KEY... But first I'd consider if there really is a relationship from table courses to table student!
Rather than creating the Foreign Key constraints at the same time as the tables with the References short-hand, you can add one or both of them afterwards with an Alter Table Add Constraint command. See the Alter Table page in the PostgrSQL manual here.
As mu pointed out, the target of a foreign key has to have a Unique or Primary Key constraint defined, so I've added that on the cid column in the example below.
In your case, it could look something like this:
create table student(sid char(20) primary key,name char(20),age int,hours char(10));
create table courses(cid char(10) primary key,cname char(10),grader char(20));
Alter Table student Add Constraint fk_student_hours_cid Foreign Key (hours) References courses(cid);
Alter Table courses Add Constraint fk_courses_grader_sid Foreign Key (grader) References student(sid);
I have the following tables:
CREATE TABLE BOOK_AUTHORS
(Book_id CHAR(20) NOT NULL,
AuthorName VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (Book_id, AuthorName),
FOREIGN KEY (Book_id) REFERENCES BOOK (Book_id));
CREATE TABLE BOOK_COPIES
(Book_id CHAR(20) NOT NULL,
Branch_id CHAR(20) NOT NULL,
No_of_copies NUMBER,
PRIMARY KEY (Book_id, Branch_id),
FOREIGN KEY (Book_id) REFERENCES BOOK (Book_id),
FOREIGN KEY (Branch_id) REFERENCES LIBRARY_BRANCH (Branch_id));
I want to add ON DELETE CASCADE constraints to the both of them:
The first time I tried it said it worked. That file looks like:
ALTER TABLE "BOOK_AUTHORS"
ADD CONSTRAINT "fk_test"
FOREIGN KEY ("Book_id")
REFERENCES "BOOK" ("Book_id")
ON DELETE CASCADE;
Then I went through and made two separate tables for the two foreign keys in the second table:
ALTER TABLE "BOOK_COPIES"
ADD CONSTRAINT "fk_test1"
FOREIGN KEY ("Book_id")
REFERENCES "BOOK" ("Book_id")
ON DELETE CASCADE;
ALTER TABLE "BOOK_COPIES"
ADD CONSTRAINT "fk_test2"
FOREIGN KEY ("Branch_id")
REFERENCES "LIBRARY_BRANCH" ("Branch_id")
ON DELETE CASCADE;
However, upon doing so I got the errors
"Book_id" invalid identifier
and then
"Branch_id" invalid identifier
I don't know what I did wrong. I then went back and did the first alter table again (the one that I originally thought worked) and it gave me the same error message ("Book_id" invalid identifier). Can someone help me add these constraints? I also have five other tables to add these constraints to.
If you put double quotes around your identifiers (like you did in
ALTER TABLE "BOOK_COPIES"
ADD CONSTRAINT "fk_test1"
FOREIGN KEY ("Book_id")
REFERENCES "BOOK" ("Book_id")
ON DELETE CASCADE;
) your identifiers (e.g. "Book_id" in this case) become case-sensitive.
So either you'll have to change your table definition and rename the column to "Book_id" or (much preferably IMHO) just get rid of the double quotes in your constraint definition:
ALTER TABLE BOOK_COPIES
ADD CONSTRAINT fk_test1
FOREIGN KEY (Book_id)
REFERENCES BOOK (Book_id)
ON DELETE CASCADE;
First of all let me clear one thing, You cant add on delete cascade to an already existing foreign key constraint, as shown in docs you can only change its state which means enable or disable, in case if you need to add then drop the constraint first. This question is asked twice and still repeating please moderators have a glance on this. Here are links that has already solved your problem. first , second and this third and who knows how many questioned asked on on delete cascade.
Put doublequotes (") around your table and column names.
I added table "BOOK" and table "LIBRARY_BRANCH":
CREATE TABLE "BOOK"
("Book_id" CHAR(20) NOT NULL,
"BookName" VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY ("Book_id"));
CREATE TABLE "BOOK_AUTHORS"
("Book_id" CHAR(20) NOT NULL,
"AuthorName" VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY ("Book_id", "AuthorName"));
CREATE TABLE "LIBRARY_BRANCH"
("Branch_id" CHAR(20) NOT NULL,
"Branch_name" VARCHAR(50),
"Address" VARCHAR(100),
PRIMARY KEY ("Branch_id"));
CREATE TABLE "BOOK_COPIES"
("Book_id" CHAR(20) NOT NULL,
"Branch_id" CHAR(20) NOT NULL,
"No_of_copies" NUMBER,
PRIMARY KEY ("Book_id", "Branch_id"));
ALTER TABLE "BOOK_AUTHORS"
ADD CONSTRAINT "fk_test"
FOREIGN KEY ("Book_id")
REFERENCES "BOOK" ("Book_id")
ON DELETE CASCADE;
ALTER TABLE "BOOK_COPIES"
ADD CONSTRAINT "fk_test1"
FOREIGN KEY ("Book_id")
REFERENCES "BOOK" ("Book_id")
ON DELETE CASCADE;
ALTER TABLE "BOOK_COPIES"
ADD CONSTRAINT "fk_test2"
FOREIGN KEY ("Branch_id")
REFERENCES "LIBRARY_BRANCH" ("Branch_id")
ON DELETE CASCADE;
sqlfiddle demo
I had to write the SQL to create the tables, attributes, and primary & foreign keys in this ERD:
http://imgur.com/VYZbwr6
In the table 'Financial_Transactions' in the ERD there is a attribute called 'previous_transaction_id' and another attribute called 'transaction_id'. In this table 'previous_transaction_id' is a Foreign Key for this table in addition to being an attribute. It references the last 'transaction_id' in the table.
Here is my SQL for the 'financial_transactions' table:
CREATE TABLE financial_transactions(
transaction_id int IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
account_id int NOT NULL,
item_rental_id int NOT NULL,
previous_transaction_id int,
transaction_type_code int NOT NULL,
transaction_date date NOT NULL,
transaction_amount money NOT NULL,
transaction_comment varchar(512) NOT NULL);
ALTER TABLE financial_transactions ADD CONSTRAINT pk_financial_transactions PRIMARY KEY (transaction_id);
ALTER TABLE financial_transactions ADD CONSTRAINT fk_financial_transactions_accounts FOREIGN KEY(account_id)
REFERENCES accounts (account_id);
ALTER TABLE financial_transactions ADD CONSTRAINT fk_financial_transactions_customer_rentals FOREIGN KEY(item_rental_id)
REFERENCES customer_rentals (item_rental_id);
ALTER TABLE financial_transactions ADD CONSTRAINT fk_financial_transactions_financial_transactions FOREIGN KEY(previous_transaction_id)
REFERENCES financial_transactions (previous_transaction_id);
ALTER TABLE financial_transactions ADD CONSTRAINT fk_financial_transactions_transaction_types FOREIGN KEY(transaction_type_code)
REFERENCES transaction_types (transaction_type_code);
When I run my SQL (includes statements for each table in the script) I get these errors:
"Msg 1776, Level 16, State 0, Line 87
There are no primary or candidate keys in the referenced table 'financial_transactions' that match the referencing column list in the foreign key 'fk_financial_transactions_financial_transactions'.
Msg 1750, Level 16, State 0, Line 87
Could not create constraint. See previous errors."
All other statements execute normally.
What am I doing wrong?
*I used this statement originally under CREATE TABLE: previous_transaction_id int NOT NULL,
However, it resulted in the same error and when searching I saw a similar question that was fixed by removing the NOT NULL.
Here
ALTER TABLE financial_transactions ADD CONSTRAINT
fk_financial_transactions_financial_transactions
FOREIGN KEY(previous_transaction_id)
REFERENCES financial_transactions (previous_transaction_id);
You have a column referencing itself. Was that your intent or did you want to reference the transaction_id?
There is nothing wrong with defining a foreign key to the same table but you have a column referencing itself.
Try replacing:
ALTER TABLE financial_transactions ADD CONSTRAINT fk_financial_transactions_financial_transactions FOREIGN KEY(previous_transaction_id)
REFERENCES financial_transactions (previous_transaction_id);
With:
ALTER TABLE financial_transactions ADD CONSTRAINT fk_financial_transactions_financial_transactions FOREIGN KEY(previous_transaction_id)
REFERENCES financial_transactions (transaction_id);