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What is Foreign key?

In Apex Flow Academy, "Foreign key" means: A column that holds another table's key, which is how one table points at a row in another. It is taught in SQL: Ask Any Database Any Question. Related terms include Primary key, Query, Column and Clause. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.

  • 1 course teaches it
  • plain-word definition

The facts

What is Foreign key?

A column that holds another table's key, which is how one table points at a row in another.

Where is Foreign key taught?

Foreign key is defined in SQL: Ask Any Database Any Question.

Which lessons cover Foreign key?

These lessons name it in their title or objectives:

  • SQL: Ask Any Database Any Question, lesson 1.1: Build Your Practice Database
Which terms are related to Foreign key?

Next to Foreign key in the course glossaries: Primary key, Query, Column, Clause, Row, Alias, Table and NULL.

The hard questions, answered straight

Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.

Do I need experience before I learn Foreign key?

It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:

  • SQL: Ask Any Database Any Question: No coding or database experience is needed.

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