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James Kennedy
20,755 PointsDatabase Foundations: Keys and Auto-Incrementing Values challenge
Q: Alter the "t_movies" table to add a foreign key called "fk_genre_id" and constrain it to reference the "t_genres" "pk_id".
So my answer so far is: alter table t_movies add coumn fk_genre_id integer add contraint foreign key (pk_id) reference t_genres(pk_id)
and the error its giving me is: Bummer! You're missing the 'fk_genre_id' column. I cant seem to understand where Im going wrong?
5 Answers
John W
21,558 PointsTry dropping the column keyword (it is optional) and/or the constraint keyword (optional when followed by "foreign key"). Also make sure you've spelled everything correctly. One character wrong would break everything.
John W
21,558 PointsYou need a comma to separate each add statement
"add constraint" not "add contraint"
you want to set the foreign key as fk_genre_id, not pk_id
"references" not "reference"
Think that covers it.
James Kennedy
20,755 PointsEDIT: "Add column" with an l obviously, still gives same error
James Kennedy
20,755 PointsSo Ive got: alter table t_movies add column fk_genre_id integer, add constraint foreign key (fk_genre_id) references t_genres(pk_id) But im still getting the missing the fk_genre_id error. am I missing anything else?
James Kennedy
20,755 Pointsdropped the column and constraint keyword and it was correct. Thanks for your help