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SQLCHECKConstraint
TheCHECKconstraintisusedtolimitthevaluerangethatcanbeplacedinacolumn.
IfyoudefineaCHECKconstraintonasinglecolumnitallowsonlycertainvaluesforthiscolumn.
IfyoudefineaCHECKconstraintonatableitcanlimitthevaluesincertaincolumnsbasedon
valuesinothercolumnsintherow.

SQLCHECKConstraintonCREATETABLE
ThefollowingSQLcreatesaCHECKconstraintonthe"P_Id"columnwhenthe"Persons"tableis
created.TheCHECKconstraintspecifiesthatthecolumn"P_Id"mustonlyincludeintegers
greaterthan0.
MySQL:
CREATETABLEPersons
(
P_IdintNOTNULL,
LastNamevarchar(255)NOTNULL,
FirstNamevarchar(255),
Addressvarchar(255),
Cityvarchar(255),
CHECK(P_Id>0)
)

SQLServer/Oracle/MSAccess:
CREATETABLEPersons
(
P_IdintNOTNULLCHECK(P_Id>0),
LastNamevarchar(255)NOTNULL,
FirstNamevarchar(255),
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Addressvarchar(255),
Cityvarchar(255)
)

ToallownamingofaCHECKconstraint,andfordefiningaCHECKconstraintonmultiple
columns,usethefollowingSQLsyntax:
MySQL/SQLServer/Oracle/MSAccess:
CREATETABLEPersons
(
P_IdintNOTNULL,
LastNamevarchar(255)NOTNULL,
FirstNamevarchar(255),
Addressvarchar(255),
Cityvarchar(255),
CONSTRAINTchk_PersonCHECK(P_Id>0ANDCity='Sandnes')
)

SQLCHECKConstraintonALTERTABLE
TocreateaCHECKconstraintonthe"P_Id"columnwhenthetableisalreadycreated,usethe
followingSQL:
MySQL/SQLServer/Oracle/MSAccess:
ALTERTABLEPersons
ADDCHECK(P_Id>0)

ToallownamingofaCHECKconstraint,andfordefiningaCHECKconstraintonmultiple
columns,usethefollowingSQLsyntax:
MySQL/SQLServer/Oracle/MSAccess:
ALTERTABLEPersons
ADDCONSTRAINTchk_PersonCHECK(P_Id>0ANDCity='Sandnes')

ToDROPaCHECKConstraint
TodropaCHECKconstraint,usethefollowingSQL:
SQLServer/Oracle/MSAccess:
ALTERTABLEPersons
DROPCONSTRAINTchk_Person

MySQL:

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