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What is an Integrity Constrains ?

An integrity constraint is a declarative way to define a business rule for a column of a table.




  
Total Answers and Comments: 1 Last Update: October 06, 2007   
  
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October 05, 2007 07:29:28   #1  
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RE: What is an Integrity Constrains ?
Special requirements for table data:
1) allow NULL value
2) uniqueness of value
3) primary key
4) foreign key
5) special value size/text/length etc requirements

All information is stored in Data Dictionary.

 
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An integrity constraint is a declarative way to define a business rule for a column of a table. 
Latest Answer : Special requirements for table data:1) allow NULL value2) uniqueness of value3) primary key4) foreign key5) special value size/text/length etc requirementsAll information is stored in Data Dictionary. ...

Can an Integrity Constraint be enforced on a table if some existing table data does not satisfy the constraint ?
No. 

NOT NULL Constraint - Disallows Nulls in a table's column.UNIQUE Constraint - Disallows duplicate values in a column or set of columns.PRIMARY KEY Constraint - Disallows duplicate values and Nulls 

A rule defined on a column (or set of columns) in one table that allows the insert or update of a row only if the value for the column or set of columns (the dependent value) matches a value in a column 
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UPDATE and DELETE Restrict - A referential integrity rule that disallows the update or deletion of referenced data.DELETE Cascade - When a referenced row is deleted all associated dependent rows are deleted. 
Latest Answer : Foreign key value must exist as PK value on some other  table...FK value can be null but PK can't ...

If a foreign key reference a parent key of the same table is called self-referential integrity constraint. 
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