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45,061 PointsChallenge 3 of 3: FOREIGN KEY Constraint.
Challenge 3 of 3: Now recreate the MEMBERS table with the new FAVORITE_ROCK_ID column, and make sure it has a foreign key constraint to the ID column of the ROCKS table. The columns should now be: ID, FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME, and FAVORITE_ROCK_ID.
CREATE TABLE MEMBERS (ID PRIMARY KEY, FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME, FOREIGN KEY(FAVORITE_ROCK_ID) REFERENCES ROCKS(ID));
6 Answers
Dale Severude
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 71,350 PointsYou don't need the FOREIGN KEY on FAVORITE_ROCK_ID. Remove that and you are good.
CREATE TABLE MEMBERS (ID PRIMARY KEY, FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME, FAVORITE_ROCK_ID REFERENCES ROCKS(ID));
Boban Talevski
24,793 PointsJohn, your code wouldn't work because the Foreign Key syntax isn't correct, at least according to SQL playground.
This should technically work, but it seems this challenge is buggy as the first one. I tried all lower case which was mostly the trick for the first one, didn't work. This is a version with keywords uppercase, everything else lower case, still doesn't work.
CREATE TABLE members (
id PRIMARY KEY,
first_name,
last_name,
favorite_rock_id REFERENCES rocks(id)
);
The error message is this in all cases so far:
Bummer! Make sure you're creating all 4 columns: id, first_name, last_name, and favorite_rock_id.
And yeah, I copy pasted the names from the message for my column names :).
EDIT: The above code just passed after restarting the challenge and going through the tasks 1 and 2 again. So I guess they fixed it now, or it simply just started working.
Christopher Bailey
14,880 PointsThey want you to add the keyword integer, work that in where it is appropriate
Kate Kuchinski
1,267 PointsDROP TABLE MEMBERS; ( id PRIMARY KEY, first_name, last_name, favorite_rock_id REFERENCES rocks(id) );
Dale Severude
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 71,350 PointsThe code I pasted always works for me.
Boban Talevski
24,793 PointsYeah I was referring to John's code, not yours...you posted an answer while I was writing my own, which I didn't see, so it looked like I was referring to your code, sorry :).
Dale Severude
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 71,350 PointsHere is a hack to get you through the challenge. Let me know if it works for you.
create table rocks(id primary key, name, type, color);
John Shockey
45,061 PointsThanks Dale. But I passed that part of the challenge. I am stuck on challenge 3.