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What is the difference between:
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  1. FOREIGN KEY (CustomerId)  REFERENCES Customers (Id)
AND:
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  1. CONSTRAINT orders_custonmers_fk 
  2.     FOREIGN KEY (CustomerId)  REFERENCES Customers (Id)
Aug 11 '19 #1
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SagarJaybhay
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CONSTRAINT clause allows you to define constraint name for the foreign key constraint. If you omit it, MySQL will generate a name automatically.

FOREIGN KEY clause specifies the columns in the child table that refers to primary key columns in the parent table. You can put a foreign key name after FOREIGN KEY clause or leave it to let MySQL create a name for you.
Aug 20 '19 #2

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