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Drop the foreign key
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SQL> CREATE TABLE supplier
2 ( supplier_id numeric(10) not null,
3 supplier_name varchar2(50) not null,
4 contact_name varchar2(50),
5 CONSTRAINT supplier_pk PRIMARY KEY (supplier_id)
6 );
Table created.
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SQL> CREATE TABLE products
2 ( product_id numeric(10) not null,
3 supplier_id numeric(10) not null,
4 CONSTRAINT fk_supplier
5 FOREIGN KEY (supplier_id)
6 REFERENCES supplier(supplier_id)
7 );
Table created.
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SQL>
SQL> -- If we then wanted to drop the foreign key called fk_supplier, we could execute the following command:
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SQL> ALTER TABLE products
2 drop CONSTRAINT fk_supplier;
Table altered.
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SQL> drop table supplier cascade constraint;
Table dropped.
SQL> drop table products cascade constraint;
Table dropped.
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