I keep getting this error on SQL - I've checked the answers, but as far as I can see the datatypes are the exact same? Not sure if I'm missing something.
Create table books (
ISBN BIGINT(13) UNSIGNED,
Title varchar(100) NOT NULL,
Author varchar(100) NOT NULL,
Publishing_Year int,
Publisher varchar(100),
Genre varchar(20),
Copies int
);
CREATE TABLE loans (
loan_id BIGINT(10) UNSIGNED,
user_id INT(5) UNSIGNED,
card_id INT(8) UNSIGNED,
ISBN BIGINT(13) UNSIGNED,
loan_date DATE,
return_by DATE,
Primary key (loan_id),
Foreign key (user_id) references users (user_id),
Foreign key (card_id) references library_cards (card_id),
Foreign key (ISBN) references books (ISBN)
);
Related
this is my code:
CREATE DATABASE exams;
SHOW DATABASES;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS students(
student_id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
first_name VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
middle_name VARCHAR(40),
last_name VARCHAR(40)NOT NULL,
email VARCHAR(60) NOT NULL,
password CHAR(40) NOT NULL,
reg_date DATETIME NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (student_id),
UNIQUE(email));
SHOW table status
INSERT INTO exams_3121(student_id, first_name, middle_name, last_name, email, password, reg_date)
CREATE TABLE entries
(
entrie_id int NOT NULL,
student_id int NOT NULL,
subject_id int,
PRIMARY KEY (entrie_id),
FOREIGN KEY (student_id) REFERENCES student(student_id),
FOREIGN KEY (subject_id)REFERENCES subject(subject_id)
)
CREATE DATABASE subjects;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS subjects(
subject_id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
subject_name VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
level_entery VARCHAR(40)NOT NULL,
exam_board VARCHAR(60) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (subject_id));
CREATE TABLE entries
(
entrie_id int NOT NULL,
entrie_id int NOT NULL,
subject_id int,
PRIMARY KEY (entrie_id),
FOREIGN KEY (student_id) REFERENCES student(student_id),
FOREIGN KEY (subject_id)REFERENCES subject(subject_id)
)
When I use this code it says cannot add foreign key constraint
and I don't know what to do. Please and thanks in advance.
There are two problems.
First, you got the names of the table you're referencing wrong. The name of the tables are students and subjects, but you wrote student and subject.
Second, the entries table has two entrie_id columns. One of them should be student_id.
CREATE TABLE entries
(
entrie_id int NOT NULL,
student_id int NOT NULL,
subject_id int,
PRIMARY KEY (entrie_id),
FOREIGN KEY (student_id) REFERENCES students(student_id),
FOREIGN KEY (subject_id) REFERENCES subjects(subject_id)
)
Also, if you're creating multiple databases and putting your tables in them, you'll need to refer to tables with their database prefixes if they're different from the one you selected as default with the USE command. As you've written it, you're not actually using the databases you created with CREATE DATABASE.
I have researched thoroughly before asking this question including on this site.
I have a students table:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS students(
student_id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
first_name VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
middle_name VARCHAR(20),
last_name VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,
email VARCHAR(60) NOT NULL,
password CHAR(40) NOT NULL,
reg_date DATETIME NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (student_id),
UNIQUE (email));
I also have a subjects table:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS subjects(
subject_id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
subject_name VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,
level_of_entry VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
exam_board VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (subject_id));
I am now creating a table to link the above tables:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS entries(
exam_date DATETIME NOT NULL,
FOREIGN KEY (student_id) REFERENCES students (student_id),
FOREIGN KEY (subject_id) REFERENCES subjects (subject_id)
);
My problem is that when I try to declare the foreign keys in the third table called entries, I get an error stating that the subject_id foreign key is not in the table referenced.
ERROR 1072 (42000) : Key column 'student_id' doesn't exist in table, even though it is clearly contained inside the the students table and the same applies to 'subject_id' and the subject table.
I am certain that my syntax for declaring the foreign keys is correct so I am unsure how to fix the problem.
All help is appreciated. Thank you.
You forgot to create these two columns before applying your foreign key constraints :
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS entries(
exam_id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
student_id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
subject_id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
exam_date DATETIME NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (exam_id),
FOREIGN KEY (student_id) REFERENCES students (student_id),
FOREIGN KEY (subject_id) REFERENCES subjects (subject_id)
);
EDIT :
I advise you to add in every table a unique ID column (here : exam_id).
There always be the error:"Cannot add foreign key constraint" when I create my last table.
System: Mac OS X 10.9
DB : MySQL 5.6.14
DBM : Sequel Pro
CREATE TABLE users (
uid INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
uname VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
uemail VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
ucity VARCHAR(20),
upassw VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE songs(
sid INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
sname VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
srldate DATE NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE albums (
albid INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
albname VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
albrldate DATE NOT NULL,
albrltime TIME NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE artists (
aid INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
aname VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE genres (
gid INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
gname VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE playlists (
uid INT NOT NULL,
sid INT NOT NULL,
plname VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
plmdate DATE NOT NULL,
plmtime TIME NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY(uid, sid, plname, plmdate, plmtime),
FOREIGN KEY(uid) REFERENCES users(uid),
FOREIGN KEY(sid) REFERENCES songs(sid)
);
CREATE TABLE u_like_a (
aid INT NOT NULL,
uid INT NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY(aid, uid),
FOREIGN KEY(aid) REFERENCES artists(aid),
FOREIGN KEY(uid) REFERENCES users(uid)
);
CREATE TABLE be_fan (
aid INT NOT NULL,
uid INT NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY(aid, uid),
FOREIGN KEY(aid) REFERENCES artists(aid),
FOREIGN KEY(uid) REFERENCES users(uid)
);
CREATE TABLE follow (
uid INT NOT NULL,
to_uid INT NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY(uid, to_uid),
FOREIGN KEY(uid) REFERENCES users(uid),
FOREIGN KEY(to_uid) REFERENCES users(uid)
);
CREATE TABLE u_like_g (
gid INT NOT NULL,
uid INT NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY(gid, uid),
FOREIGN KEY(gid) REFERENCES genres(gid),
FOREIGN KEY(uid) REFERENCES users(uid)
);
CREATE TABLE u_share_pl(
uid INT NOT NULL,
from_uid INT NOT NULL,
plname VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
plmdate DATE NOT NULL,
plmtime TIME NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY(uid, from_uid, plname, plmdate, plmtime),
FOREIGN KEY(uid) REFERENCES users(uid),
FOREIGN KEY(from_uid) REFERENCES users(uid),
FOREIGN KEY(plname) REFERENCES playlists(plname),
FOREIGN KEY(plmdate) REFERENCES playlists(plmdate),
FOREIGN KEY(plmtime) REFERENCES playlists(plmtime)
); #####---> This is the last table.
ERROR comes from here. I really don't why.
I have check the type for all attributes. The type and name of attributes have no problem.
But the mysql always say "Cannot add foreign key constraint"
Here is you reference wrong forgien REFERENCES users(from_uid) in last table.
FOREIGN KEY(from_uid) REFERENCES users(from_uid)
from_uid not belong to users
This should be
FOREIGN KEY(from_uid) REFERENCES users(uid)
your playLists table has primary key combination of four columns, so you should supply all these four columns as forieng key in u_share_pl table.
Another composite key as a reference should be a single constraint like
FOREIGN KEY(from_uid,sid,plname,plmdate,plmtime) REFERENCES playlists(uid,sid,plname,plmdate,plmtime)
Your last table Create should be:
CREATE TABLE u_share_pl(
uid INT NOT NULL,
from_uid INT NOT NULL,
sid INT NOT NULL,
plname VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
plmdate DATE NOT NULL,
plmtime TIME NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY(uid, from_uid, plname, plmdate, plmtime),
FOREIGN KEY(uid) REFERENCES users(uid),
FOREIGN KEY(from_uid,sid,plname,plmdate,plmtime) REFERENCES playlists(uid,sid,plname,plmdate,plmtime)
);
I am trying to create a database that holds staff information such as their names, timesheets, holidays booked etc and also information about the projects the are carrying out and what companies the projects are for. My code is below:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tblcompany (
companyid INT(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
custfirst VARCHAR(50),
custlast VARCHAR(50),
company VARCHAR(50),
custphone VARCHAR(50),
custemail VARCHAR(50),
PRIMARY KEY (companyid),
INDEX (companyid),
CONSTRAINT FOREIGN KEY (companyid)
REFERENCES tblproject (companyid)
) ENGINE=InnoDB;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tblemployee (
employeeid INT(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
employeefirst VARCHAR(50),
employeelast VARCHAR(50),
employeephone VARCHAR(50),
employeeemail VARCHAR(50),
PRIMARY KEY (employeeid),
INDEX (employeeid),
CONSTRAINT FOREIGN KEY (employeeid)
REFERENCES tbltimesheet (employeeid),
CONSTRAINT FOREIGN KEY (employeeid)
REFERENCES tblholiday (employeeid),
CONSTRAINT FOREIGN KEY (employeeid)
REFERENCES tblannualleave (employeeid)
) ENGINE=InnoDB;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tblholiday (
holidayid INT(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
employeeid INT(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
holidayfrom DATE,
holidayto DATE,
holidayhalfday BOOLEAN,
holidayreason VARCHAR(50),
INDEX (employeeid),
PRIMARY KEY (holidayid)
) ENGINE=InnoDB;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tblannualleave (
annualleaveid INT(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
employeeid INT(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
annualleavetaken INT(11),
annualleaveremain INT(11),
anuualleavetotal INT(11),
INDEX (employeeid),
PRIMARY KEY (annualleaveid)
) ENGINE=InnoDB;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tblproject (
projectid INT(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
projectname VARCHAR(50),
projecttype VARCHAR(50),
companyid INT(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
projectnotes VARCHAR(50),
PRIMARY KEY (projectid),
INDEX (projectid),
CONSTRAINT FOREIGN KEY (projectid)
REFERENCES tbltimesheet (projectid)
) ENGINE=InnoDB;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tbltimesheet (
timesheetid INT(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
employeeid INT(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
projectid INT(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
timesheetdate DATE,
timesheethours INT(11),
timesheetnotes VARCHAR(50),
INDEX (employeeid),
PRIMARY KEY (timesheetid)
) ENGINE=InnoDB;
I have been looking around and have tried everything, it is probably something so simple. I have changed all the datatypes to similar ones to see if this would solve the problem butno luck. The error code I get is:
Error Code: 1215. Cannot add foreign key constraint
0.063 sec
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tblcompany ( companyid INT(11) UNSIGNED
NOT NULL, custfirst VARCHAR(50), custlast VARCHAR(50),
company VARCHAR(50), custphone VARCHAR(50), custemail
VARCHAR(50), PRIMARY KEY (companyid), INDEX (companyid),
CONSTRAINT FOREIGN KEY (companyid) REFERENCES tblproject
(companyid) ) ENGINE=InnoDB
11:15:57 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tblcompany ( companyid INT(11)
UNSIGNED NOT NULL, custfirst VARCHAR(50), custlast
VARCHAR(50), company VARCHAR(50), custphone VARCHAR(50),
custemail VARCHAR(50), PRIMARY KEY (companyid), INDEX
(companyid), CONSTRAINT FOREIGN KEY (companyid) REFERENCES
tblproject (companyid) ) ENGINE=InnoDB Error Code: 1215. Cannot add
foreign key constraint 0.063 sec
Thank you for looking..
Create the table tblproject first before you reference it.
Besides the wrong table order,you need either a primary or unique key on referenced columns.
SQL fiddle
I think you will solve your problem creating your tables in the opposite ordersm, otherwise you will have the same issue with tblemployee.
A Foreigh Key needs that the reference table exists already.
You cannot create a foreign key when the table it references does not yet exist. You can always create the foreign key later.
You must first create the tables containing the referenced fields, after you create the table with the foreign key.
You could also create first all the tables, and create all foreign keys in a second step.
I'm new to MySQL and I have two tables named Person & Patient. I'm trying to create a simple foreign key relationship in Patient to a primary key in Person. All examples I've seen online follow the same structure I'm using, but I keep getting errors. Any help is greatly appreciated!
create table PERSON(
PatientID smallint UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
Firstname varchar (25),
Lastname varchar (25),
CONSTRAINT PatientID_pk PRIMARY KEY (PatientID)
);
And this the table I'm trying to add a foreign key to:
CREATE TABLE PATIENT(
PatientID smallint UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
DoctorID smallint UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
FOREIGN KEY (PatientID) REFERENCES PERSON(PatientID);
I think this is what you wanted
create table PERSON
(
PersonID smallint UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
Firstname varchar (25),
Lastname varchar (25),
CONSTRAINT PersonID_pk PRIMARY KEY (PersonID)
);
CREATE TABLE PATIENT
(
PatientID smallint UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
DoctorID smallint UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
FOREIGN KEY (PatientID) REFERENCES PERSON(PersonID),
FOREIGN KEY (DoctorID) REFERENCES PERSON(PersonID),
UNIQUE KEY unique_key (PatientID, DoctorID)
);