Foreign Key (Auto Assigned) Generator

Last modified: October 8, 2024

The Foreign Key (Auto Assigned) Generator can be automatically assigned to a column for which a FOREIGN KEY constraint is defined. The Foreign Key (Auto Assigned) Generator generates foreign key values for a child table column based on the values contained in a parent table column.

The dialog box of the Foreign Key (Auto Assigned) Generator contains Basic Settings and custom settings. You can customize the generator by changing the basic and custom settings.

Custom settings

Foreign Key

Specifies the name of the generated foreign key and a link to a parent table column.

Set up a parent table

You can generate specific values for the parent table column referenced by the child table column:

1. Click the link (mentioned above) to jump to the parent table column.
2. Select the check-box next to the column.
3. Select the required generator from the list of available generators;
4. Configure settings of the generator using Basic Settings and custom settings specific to this generator.

Note

Foreign Key (Auto Assigned) Generator retrieves data from the data generated for the parent table. If you need to select data from the same table, but use the data that already exists in the table, then you need to replace the Foreign Key (Auto Assigned) Generator with a Table, View, or SQL Query Generator from the Basic category.