Friday, 5 October 2012

SQL Constraints

SQL Constraints

Constraints are used to limit the type of data that can go into a table.

Constraints can be specified when a table is created (with the CREATE TABLE statement) or after the table is created (with the ALTER TABLE statement).

We will focus on the following constraints:

•    NOT NULL

•    UNIQUE

•    PRIMARY KEY

•    FOREIGN KEY

•    CHECK

•    DEFAULT


By default, a table column can hold NULL values.

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