Question

I have 2 table

TABLE CLASS
(
    school varchar(50),
    year   varchar(50),
    grade  varchar(50),
    className varchar(50),
    PRIMARY KEY (school,year,grade,className)
)
TABLE STUDENT
(
    student_id varchar(50) PRIMARY KEY,
    detail varchar(50)
)

Now, I want to subclass for students. How to create a reference?

Answer 1

Just do what everyone else does…

CREATE TABLE CLASS (
    id int not null auto_increment PRIMARY KEY, -- CREATE A KEY COLUMN
    school varchar(50),
    year   varchar(50),
    grade  varchar(50),
    className varchar(50),
    unique (school,year,grade,className)
);

CREATE TABLE STUDENT (
    student_id varchar(50) PRIMARY KEY,
    class_id int references class,  -- REFERENCE THE KEY
    detail varchar(50)
);