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Databases Creating and Modifying Database Tables Creating and Modifying Database Tables Making Changes to a Database

Nameer Jamal
Nameer Jamal
309 Points
Posted by Nameer Jamal
Nameer Jamal
309 Points

Now, in the MEMBERS table, we'd like to change the FAVORITE_ROCK column to be FAVORITE_ROCK_ID, and it should be a forei

Now, in the MEMBERS table, we'd like to change the FAVORITE_ROCK column to be FAVORITE_ROCK_ID, and it should be a foreign key for the ID column in the ROCKS table.

Unfortunately, in SQLite, ALTER will only let us rename columns. So to add the foreign key constraint we'll need to drop and recreate the table. Start by dropping the MEMBERS table.

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

Despite the long-winded instructions, the objective of this task is to simply drop a table. If you've forgotten the syntax for doing that, there's an example of dropping a table in this part of the Creating the Ticket Holders Table video.