Wording about foreign key technically not correct

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Subject: Wording about foreign key technically not correct
Date: 2020-07-07 20:14:44
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As asked here,
https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/270567/can-a-foreign-key-be-referring-to-the-same-table-as-the-source
the documentation specifies that a foreign key must reference another table.
But it can also be the same table.

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