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Searching all foreign keys to a table or column in MySQL

schedule Aug 11, 2023
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We can search for all foreign key constraints pointing to a particular table or a particular column in MySQL. The syntax varies slightly between searching for tables and searching for columns.

TO a table

To check all foreign keys that are referencing a particular table:

SELECT
TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, CONSTRAINT_NAME, REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME, REFERENCED_COLUMN_NAME
FROM
INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE
WHERE
REFERENCED_TABLE_SCHEMA = 'database_name'
AND REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME = 'table_name';

Where:

  • database_name is the database within which the table you are interested in resides

  • table_name is the table you are interested in

TO a column

To check all foreign keys that are linking to a particular column:

SELECT
TABLE_NAME,COLUMN_NAME,CONSTRAINT_NAME, REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME,REFERENCED_COLUMN_NAME
FROM
INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE
WHERE
REFERENCED_TABLE_SCHEMA = 'database_name' AND
REFERENCED_TABLE_NAME = 'table_name' AND
REFERENCED_COLUMN_NAME = 'column_name';

Where:

  • database_name is the database within which the table you are interested in resides

  • table_name is the table within which the column you are interested in resides

  • column_name is the column you are interested in

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