The name of a relation or field constraint associated with the relation that is being defined. This name must be unique within the database. The constraint name can be referred to in other statements such as CHANGE RELATION, SHOW CONSTRAINT, and START_ TRANSACTION. The clause 'CONSTRAINT constraint-name IS' is optional. If you do not specify the keyword CONSTRAINT, Oracle Rdb provides a name for the constraint. However, Rdb recommends that you always name field and relation constraints. The alternative is to have constraints named by the database system with names such as LAST_NAME_REQUIRE_0001.