Managing Foreign Keys
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So I have a database with a few tables.
The first table contains the user ID, first name and last name.
The second table contains the user ID, interest ID, and interest rating.
There is another table that has all of the interest ID's.
For every interest ID (even when new ones are added), I need to make sure that each user has an entry for that interest ID (even if its blank, or has defaults).
Will foreign keys help with this scenario? or will I need to use PHP to update each and every record when I add a new key?
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