MySQL - error 1215, cannot add foreign key constraint - mysql

Question

I know there are numerous questions regarding this error on here but I've searched through many and none seem to explain it in my case!
I've created a table using the following code:
CREATE TABLE Venue (
venueID VARCHAR(20),
venueEmail VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
address VARCHAR(100),
phoneNo VARCHAR(20),
managerNo VARCHAR(20),
capacity INT(4),
PRIMARY KEY (venueEmail)
)ENGINE=InnoDB;
And am trying to create a table with a foreign key that refers to the first table using this code:
CREATE TABLE Concert (
referenceNo VARCHAR(6),
venueEmail VARCHAR(30),
eventDate VARCHAR(10),
startTime VARCHAR(5),
ticketsSold INT(4),
PRIMARY KEY (referenceNo),
FOREIGN KEY (venueEmail) REFERENCES Venue ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE
)ENGINE=InnoDB;
But it's giving me the 1215 error message!

Answer 1

Syntax wise this isn't correct.
The issue's resolved here:
CREATE TABLE Venue (
venueID VARCHAR(20),
venueEmail VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
address VARCHAR(100),
phoneNo VARCHAR(20),
managerNo VARCHAR(20),
capacity INT(4),
PRIMARY KEY (venueEmail)
)ENGINE=InnoDB;
CREATE TABLE Concert (
referenceNo VARCaHAR(6),
venueEmail VARCHAR(30),
eventDate VARCHAR(10),
startTime VARCHAR(5),
ticketsSold INT(4),
PRIMARY KEY (referenceNo),
FOREIGN KEY (venueEmail) REFERENCES Venue(`venueEmail`) ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE
)ENGINE=InnoDB;
Note:
The column being referenced should be stated like table_name(column_name).
You missed the column_name part.
REFERENCE
More:
#Bill Karwin added the following useful info in the comment section:
FWIW this is a MySQL idiosyncrasy. In standard SQL, if you omit the
referenced column name, it defaults to the same name as the foreign
key column. But InnoDB doesn't support this shortcut syntax—you must
specify the column in both cases.