What is a Database Foreign Key?

Published: 23 April 2019
on channel: Database Star
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In a database, a foreign key is a column or set of columns that relates to another table's primary key. They have several benefits, which are outlined in this video.

In this video, you'll learn:
What a foreign key is
How they benefit your design
How to add them to your ERD (Entity Relationship Diagram)
How to write SQL to add them to your database