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MySQL: multiple foreign keys referencing same parent field, where one is or is not part of child table's primary key
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CREATE TABLE `parent` ( | |
`id` char(36) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin NOT NULL DEFAULT '', | |
PRIMARY KEY (`id`) | |
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci; | |
CREATE TABLE `child` ( | |
`id` char(36) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin NOT NULL DEFAULT '', | |
`parent1Id` char(36) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin DEFAULT NULL, | |
`parent2Id` char(36) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin DEFAULT NULL, | |
PRIMARY KEY (`id`, `parent1Id`), -- parent field foreign key is part of child primary key | |
KEY `parent1Id` (`parent1Id`), | |
KEY `parent2Id` (`parent2Id`), | |
CONSTRAINT `child_ibfk_parent1Id` FOREIGN KEY (`parent1Id`) REFERENCES `parent` (`id`) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE, | |
CONSTRAINT `child_ibfk_parent2Id` FOREIGN KEY (`parent2Id`) REFERENCES `parent` (`id`) ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE | |
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci; | |
CREATE TABLE `child2` ( | |
`id` char(36) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin NOT NULL DEFAULT '', | |
`parent1Id` char(36) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin DEFAULT NULL, | |
`parent2Id` char(36) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin DEFAULT NULL, | |
PRIMARY KEY (`id`), -- parent field foreign key is not part of child primary key | |
KEY `parent1Id` (`parent1Id`), | |
KEY `parent2Id` (`parent2Id`), | |
CONSTRAINT `child2_ibfk_parent1Id` FOREIGN KEY (`parent1Id`) REFERENCES `parent` (`id`) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE, | |
CONSTRAINT `child2_ibfk_parent2Id` FOREIGN KEY (`parent2Id`) REFERENCES `parent` (`id`) ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE | |
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci; | |
INSERT INTO parent (id) VALUES ('a'); | |
INSERT INTO parent (id) VALUES ('b'); | |
INSERT INTO child (id, parent1Id, parent2Id) VALUES ('c', 'a', 'b'); | |
UPDATE parent SET id = 'x' WHERE id = 'a'; -- SUCCEEDS | |
UPDATE parent SET id = 'y' WHERE id = 'b'; -- SUCCEEDS | |
INSERT INTO child (id, parent1Id, parent2Id) VALUES ('d', 'x', 'x'); | |
UPDATE parent SET id = 'z' WHERE id = 'x'; -- FAILS | |
INSERT INTO parent (id) VALUES ('w'); | |
INSERT INTO child2 (id, parent1Id, parent2Id) VALUES ('e', 'w', 'w'); | |
UPDATE parent SET id = 'v' WHERE id = 'w'; -- SUCCEEDS | |
DROP TABLE child; | |
DROP TABLE child2; | |
DROP TABLE parent; |
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