DROP FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES - Teradata Vantage - Analytics Database

SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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2025-11-06
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Teradata Vantage™
Drop a foreign key reference to a key in another table. For an unnamed FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES table constraint, use this syntax:
     DROP FOREIGN KEY (referencing_column) REFERENCES 
              referenced_table_name(referenced_column_name)
For a named FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES table constraint, use this syntax:
     DROP CONSTRAINT constraint_name FOREIGN KEY 
             (referencing_column) REFERENCES 
              referenced_table_name (referenced_column_name)
(column_name_list)

Referencing column set that includes one or more columns in table that reference a primary key or alternate key in the referenced table.
table_name (column_name)

Referenced table that contains the primary key or alternate key referenced by the referencing column set and the column_name that is referenced by the referencing column set.
CONSTRAINT constraint_name
Name of the table attribute foreign key constraint.