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SQlite - Android - Foreign key syntax

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How do I create a foreign key in SQLite?

How to Add a Foreign Key to an Existing Table. You can not use the ALTER TABLE statement to add a foreign key in SQLite. Instead you will need to rename the table, create a new table with the foreign key, and then copy the data into the new table.

Does SQLite support foreign keys?

SQLite has supported foreign key constraint since version 3.6. 19.

What is foreign key room android?

android.arch.persistence.room.ForeignKey. Declares a foreign key on another Entity . Foreign keys allows you to specify constraints across Entities such that SQLite will ensure that the relationship is valid when you modify the database.


You have to define your TASK_CAT column first and then set foreign key on it.

private static final String TASK_TABLE_CREATE = "create table "
        + TASK_TABLE + " (" 
        + TASK_ID + " integer primary key autoincrement, " 
        + TASK_TITLE + " text not null, " 
        + TASK_NOTES + " text not null, "
        + TASK_DATE_TIME + " text not null,"
        + TASK_CAT + " integer,"
        + " FOREIGN KEY ("+TASK_CAT+") REFERENCES "+CAT_TABLE+"("+CAT_ID+"));";

More information you can find on sqlite foreign keys doc.


Since I cannot comment, adding this note in addition to @jethro answer.

I found out that you also need to do the FOREIGN KEY line as the last part of create the table statement, otherwise you will get a syntax error when installing your app. What I mean is, you cannot do something like this:

private static final String TASK_TABLE_CREATE = "create table "
    + TASK_TABLE + " (" + TASK_ID
    + " integer primary key autoincrement, " + TASK_TITLE
    + " text not null, " + TASK_NOTES + " text not null, "
+ TASK_CAT + " integer,"
+ " FOREIGN KEY ("+TASK_CAT+") REFERENCES "+CAT_TABLE+" ("+CAT_ID+"), "
+ TASK_DATE_TIME + " text not null);";

Where I put the TASK_DATE_TIME after the foreign key line.


As you can see in the error description your table contains the columns (_id, tast_title, notes, reminder_date_time) and you are trying to add a foreign key from a column "taskCat" but it does not exist in your table!