Re: Constraints

Jerry Stuckle <[email protected]> Tue, 12 Jan 2021 18:07:43 -0500
Newsgroups comp.databases.mysql
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 1/12/2021 11:21 AM, Dave wrote:
> What is the advantage to the CONSTRAINT clause vs constraints in the 
> table/field definition?  For example:
> 
> CREATE TABLE "Phone Number" (
> "Phone ID" INTEGER GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY(START WITH 0) NOT NULL
> PRIMARY KEY,
> "Patient ID" INTEGER NOT NULL,
> "Number" VARCHAR(10),
> "Description" VARCHAR(10),
> CONSTRAINT FK_PAT_PHN FOREIGN KEY ("Patient ID") REFERENCES "Patient" ("ID
> Number")
> );
> 
> Seems to add no real functionality, but who knows.
> 
> Dave

What storage engine are you using?

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