MySQL允许我们在表中的多个字段上添加FOREIGN KEY约束。条件是子表中的每个外键都必须引用不同的父表。
假设我们有一个表“ customer2”,该表对字段“ cust_unq_id”具有主键约束,如下所示:
mysql> describe customer2; +-------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +-------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | cust_id | int(11) | YES | | NULL | | | First_name | varchar(20) | YES | | NULL | | | Last_name | varchar(20) | YES | | NULL | | | City | varchar(10) | YES | | NULL | | | cust_unq_id | int(11) | NO | PRI | 0 | | +-------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ 5 rows in set (0.06 sec)
并且我们有一个表orders1,该表已经在引用父表“ customer”的字段“ Cust_id”上具有外键约束。
mysql> describe orders1; +--------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +--------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | order_id | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | | | Product_name | varchar(25) | YES | | NULL | | | orderdate | date | YES | | NULL | | | Cust_id | int(11) | YES | MUL | NULL | | | cust_unq_id | int(11) | YES | | NULL | | +--------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ 5 rows in set (0.04 sec)
现在,借助以下ALTER TABLE查询的帮助,我们可以在引用父表“ customer2”的字段“ cust_unq_id”上添加另一个外键约束
mysql> Alter table orders1 add FOREIGN KEY(cust_unq_id) REFERENCES Customer2(Cust_unq_id); Records: 0 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 mysql> describe orders1; +--------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +--------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | order_id | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | | | Product_name | varchar(25) | YES | | NULL | | | orderdate | date | YES | | NULL | | | Cust_id | int(11) | YES | MUL | NULL | | | cust_unq_id | int(11) | YES | MUL | NULL | | +--------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ 5 rows in set (0.06 sec)
从以上结果集中可以看出,“ orders1”表具有两个,一个在“ cust_id”上,另一个在“ cust_unq_id”外键约束上。