How to create foreign key that is also a primary key in MySQL?

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Add FOREIGN KEY (sale_id) REFERENCES Sale(sale_id) to each foreign table:

CREATE TABLE Sale(
    sale_id CHAR(40),
    PRIMARY KEY(sale_id),
    discount DOUBLE,
    type VARCHAR(255),
    price DOUBLE
) ENGINE=INNODB;

CREATE TABLE Normal_Sale(
    sale_id CHAR(40),
    PRIMARY KEY(sale_id),
    FOREIGN KEY (sale_id) REFERENCES Sale(sale_id)
) ENGINE=INNODB;

CREATE TABLE Special_Sale(
    sale_id CHAR(40),
    PRIMARY KEY(sale_id),
    FOREIGN KEY (sale_id) REFERENCES Sale(sale_id)
) ENGINE=INNODB;

Just make sure your database is InnoDB which supports Foreign References.

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Updated on January 12, 2020

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  • user456584
    user456584 over 4 years

    This should be a fairly straightforward question, but I'm unable to find an easy answer. How do you create a foreign key that is also a primary key in MySQL? Here's my current attempt:

    CREATE TABLE Sale(
        sale_id CHAR(40),
        PRIMARY KEY(sale_id),
        discount DOUBLE,
        type VARCHAR(255),
        price DOUBLE,
        );
    
    CREATE TABLE Normal_Sale(
        sale_id CHAR(40),
        PRIMARY KEY(sale_id);
    );
    
    CREATE TABLE Special_Sale(
        sale_id CHAR(40),
        PRIMARY KEY(sale_id);
    );
    

    What am I missing here?

    Thanks in advance.