----外键约束; ----涉及到两个表:父表,子表; ----主表和副表。 --班级 create table classes( id int primary key, name varchar(20) ); --学生表 create table students( id int primary key, name varchar(20), class_id int, foreign key(class_id) references classes(id) ); mysql> desc classes; +-------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +-------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | id | int | NO | PRI | NULL | | | name | varchar(20) | YES | | NULL | | +-------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ 2 rows in set (0.03 sec) mysql> desc students; +----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | id | int | NO | PRI | NULL | | | name | varchar(20) | YES | | NULL | | | class_id | int | YES | MUL | NULL | | +----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ 3 rows in set (0.01 sec) mysql> mysql> mysql> insert into classes 1,"yiban"); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec) mysql> insert into classes values(2,"erban"); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into classes values(3,"sanban"); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> select * from classes; +----+--------+ | id | name | +----+--------+ | 1 | yiban | | 2 | erban | | 3 | sanban | +----+--------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into students values(1001,"zhangsan",1); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into students values(1002,"lisi",2); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into students values(1003,"lisi",3); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec) mysql> insert into students values(1004,"wangmazi",4); ERROR 1452 (23000): Cannot add or update a child row: a foreign key constraint fails (`test`.`students`, CONSTRAINT `students_ibfk_1` FOREIGN KEY (`class_id`) REFERENCES `classes` (`id`)) 副表是需要参照主表 mysql> select * from students; +------+----------+----------+ | id | name | class_id | +------+----------+----------+ | 1001 | zhangsan | 1 | | 1002 | lisi | 2 | | 1003 | lisi | 3 | +------+----------+----------+ 3 rows in set (0.01 sec) mysql> ---结论; --1. 主表(父表)classes 中没有的数据值,在副表(子表)中,是不可以使用的; --2. 主表中的记录被副表引用,是不可以被删除的。 mysql> delete from classes where id=3; ERROR 1451 (23000): Cannot delete or update a parent row: a foreign key constraint fails (`test`.`students`, CONSTRAINT `students_ibfk_1` FOREIGN KEY (`class_id`) REFERENCES `classes` (`id`)) mysql>