MySQL Exercise 1

Create Table
 Create Database Syntax
CREATE DATABASE database_name;
 Create Database

CREATE DATABASE Exercise1;

 Create Table syntax
CREATE TABLE table_name (
column1 datatype,
column2 datatype,
column3 datatype,
....
);
 Create Table

CREATE TABLE pet (

name VARCHAR(20),
owner VARCHAR(20),
species VARCHAR(20),
sex enum(‘M’,’F’),
birth DATE,
death
DATE,
Primary Key(name)
);
 Create Table

Create the following tables using SQL script:

• LECTURER teaches COURSE
• Lecturer(LNum, LName)
• Course (CNum, CName,LNum)
 Lecturer table

CREATE TABLE LECTURER (

LNum int(4),
LName varchar(20),
primary key (LNum)
);
 Course table

CREATE TABLE COURSE(

CNum varchar(7),
CName varchar (20),
LNum int (4),
primary key (CNum),
Foreign key (Lnum) references LECTURER(LNum)
on delete cascade
on update cascade

);
 Foreign key Constraints
• On DELETE
– Restrict
– No action
– Cascade
– Set null
• On Update
– Restrict
– No action
– Cascade
– Set null
 Restrict
• RESTRICT option prevents the removal (i.e.
using delete) or modification (i..e using an
update) of rows from the parent table.
• means that any attempt to delete and/or
update the parent will fail throwing an error.
 NO Action
PARENT CHILD
A B X A
a1 b1 X1 a1
a2 b2 X2 a1
X3 a2

• There will not be any change in the

referencing rows when the referenced ones
are deleted or updated.
• Same as restrict
 Cascade
PARENT CHILD
A B X A
a1 b1 X1 a1
a2 b2 X2 a1
X3 a2

• Delete: the referencing rows will be deleted automatically along with the
referenced ones.
• IF WE DELETE row 1(a1) FROM parent it will delete rows 1 and 2 entries from
child.
• Problem need to keep history
• CASCADEif the parent primary key is changed, the child value will also
change to reflect that.
• IF WE Update in row 1(a1) FROM parent it will update rows 1 and 2 entries
from child.
 SET NULL
PARENT CHILD
A B X A
a1 b1 X1 a1
a2 b2 X2 a1
X3 a2

• On Delete/Update the value of referencing

record will be set to NULL automatically along
with the referenced ones.
 Create Table
• Create the following tables using SQL script:
Department(DeptName)
Lecturer (LecturerNo, LecturerName,DeptName)
Course(CourseID, CourseName, LecturerNo)
Class(ClassID, CourseID, LecturerNo, Venue, Times)