Adding items in MySQL table - mysql

Question

I was preparing to create a website using PHPMyAdmin and I bang into a problem : I don't understant why my code does things I don't want.
This is the code to create the tables and some random entries :
create table stud (
matrnr int primary key,
pname Varchar(30) not null
);
create table prof (
persnr int primary key,
pname Varchar(50) not null
);
create table vorl (
vorlnr int primary key,
titel varchar(50),
prof int references prof(persnr) on delete set null
);
create table prüfen (
stud int references stud(matrnr) on delete cascade,
vorl int references vorl(vorlnr),
prof int references prof(persnr) on delete set null,
note float,
primary key(Stud, vorl)
);
insert into stud values
(1, 'G'),
(2, 'F'),
(3, 'C');
insert into Prof values
(1, 'M'),
(2, 'L'),
(3, 'M');
insert into vorl values
(1, 'Info1', 'M'),
(1, 'Info2', 'L'),
(1, 'Info3', 'M');
insert into prüfen values
(1, 1, 1, 2.0),
(1, 2, 1, 1.7),
(2, 3, 2, 2.3);
At this position I tried
Insert into prüfen values (3, 1, 4, 2.0);
but the was still only 3 lines in the table prüfen.
Any help is wellcome.
Have a good week.

Answer 1

Your final insert failed because it references a professor with a prof ID of 4, which does not exist in the prof table.
If you look closely at your definition for the prüfen table, this will be more clear:
create table prüfen (
stud int references stud(matrnr) on delete cascade,
vorl int references vorl(vorlnr),
prof int references prof(persnr) on delete set null,
note float,
primary key(Stud, vorl)
);
The field prof is a foreign key into the prof table. MySQL will require that this field references a professor which actually exists. It does not in the case of your final insert. To get around this error, you could create such a professor, e.g.
insert into Prof values
(4, 'M');
You didn't report an error in your question, which seems off to me. Maybe you failed to mention it, or perhaps your error reporting is turned off for some reason.