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12-18-2007, 10:37 PM
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Yeah usually the foreign key is the primary key from another table.

Say you have a customer table and the headers are:
Customer ID [Primary]
Customer Name
ETC

and then you have an Orders table:
Order ID [Primary]
Order item
Customer ID [Foreign]

The tables link via the foreign key. Creates a relationship, Referential Intergrity FTW! ;D