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mo aly
mo aly
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Posted by mo aly
mo aly
7,003 Points

stuck in stage 6 intro to databases challenge 3 task 3

my answer was ALTER TABLE t_movies ADD COLUMN fk_genre_id INTEGER NULL, CONSTRAINT FOREIGN KEY fk_genre_id REFERENCES t_genres(pk_id);

Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,104 Points

Can you link the challenge and/or question?

mo aly
mo aly
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mo aly
mo aly
7,003 Points

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/programming/database-foundations/joining-relational-data-between-tables-in-sql/keys-and-autoincrementing-values-2

Alter the "t_movies" table to add a foreign key called "fk_genre_id" and constrain it to reference the "t_genres" "pk_id".

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Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,104 Points
Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,104 Points

The problem is the syntax also you have to use "ADD CONSTRAINT" try to have a look at the syntax.

mo aly
mo aly
7,003 Points
mo aly
mo aly
7,003 Points

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/programming/database-foundations/joining-relational-data-between-tables-in-sql/keys-and-autoincrementing-values-2

Alter the "t_movies" table to add a foreign key called "fk_genre_id" and constrain it to reference the "t_genres" "pk_id".