I am stuck with this error no 150 problem in mysql and I know there have been questions
which discuss this problem but I still can't find where I am wrong. Here is the database I am trying to create:
create table business (
ident varchar(40) NOT NULL,
name varchar(50) NOT NULL,
rating INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY(ident)
) ENGINE=InnoDB;
create table deals (
business_id varchar(40) NOT NULL,
deals_id varchar(20) NOT NULL,
deals_title varchar(50) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (business_id, deals_id),
FOREIGN KEY (business_id) REFERENCES business(ident) ON DELETE CASCADE
) ENGINE=InnoDB;
create table d_options (
business_id varchar(40) NOT NULL,
dealid varchar(20) NOT NULL,
option_title varchar(40) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY(business_id, dealid, option_title),
FOREIGN KEY(business_id) REFERENCES business(ident) ON DELETE CASCADE,
FOREIGN KEY(dealid) REFERENCES deals(deals_id)
) ENGINE=InnoDB;
I get error: ERROR 1005 (HY000): Can't create table 'test.d_options' (errno: 150)
I know for foreign key constraints to be satisfied there should be a index in the parent table as per mysql documentation, but I think that there is by default indexing
on primary key.
The result of innodb status is:
120530 0:47:48 Error in foreign key constraint of table test/d_options:
FOREIGN KEY(dealid) REFERENCES deals(deals_id)
) ENGINE=InnoDB:
Cannot find an index in the referenced table where the
referenced columns appear as the first columns, or column types
in the table and the referenced table do not match for constraint.
Note that the internal storage type of ENUM and SET changed in
tables created with >= InnoDB-4.1.12, and such columns in old tables
cannot be referenced by such columns in new tables.
See http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/innodb-foreign-key-constraints.html
for correct foreign key definition.
Any help is appriciated.
You have a compound primary key on (business_id, deal_id) and they are indexed as a pair, but to satisfy the FK, you need another index on deal_id alone:
create table deals (
business_id varchar(40) NOT NULL,
deals_id varchar(20) NOT NULL,
deals_title varchar(50) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (business_id, deals_id),
FOREIGN KEY (business_id) REFERENCES business(ident) ON DELETE CASCADE,
/* Add an index on deals_id, separate from the compound PK */
INDEX idx_deals_id (deals_id)
) ENGINE=InnoDB;
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Hi I'm not very familiar with MySQL as I have only started using it today and I keep getting this syntax error and am not really sure what the problem is. I have attached a screenshot of the code and also pasted it below with the error in bold.
I'm sorry if this is a silly error that is easily fixed I'm just not sure how to fix it and would be very appreciative of any help.
CREATE TABLE copy (
`code` INT NOT NULL,
isbn CHAR(17) NOT NULL,
duration TINYINT NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT pkcopy PRIMARY KEY (isbn, `code`),
CONSTRAINT fkcopy FOREIGN KEY (isbn) REFERENCES book (isbn));
CREATE TABLE student (
`no` INT NOT NULL,
`name` VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
school CHAR(3) NOT NULL,
embargo BIT NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT pkstudent PRIMARY KEY (`no`));
CREATE TABLE loan (
`code` INT NOT NULL,
`no` INT NOT NULL,
taken DATE NOT NULL,
due DATE NOT NULL,
`return` DATE NULL,
CONSTRAINT pkloan PRIMARY KEY (taken, `code`, `no`),
CONSTRAINT fkloan FOREIGN KEY (`code`, `no`) REFERENCES copy, student **(**`code`, `no`));
Create the tables first, then use the ALTER TABLE statement to add the foreign keys one by one. You won't be able to call two different tables on the foreign key, so you'll have to use an ID that maps to both. Here is an example to add the foreign keys after the table has been created:
Add a new table named vendors and change the products table to include the vendor id field:
USE dbdemo;
CREATE TABLE vendors(
vdr_id int not null auto_increment primary key,
vdr_name varchar(255)
)ENGINE=InnoDB;
ALTER TABLE products
ADD COLUMN vdr_id int not null AFTER cat_id;
To add a foreign key to the products table, you use the following statement:
ALTER TABLE products
ADD FOREIGN KEY fk_vendor(vdr_id)
REFERENCES vendors(vdr_id)
ON DELETE NO ACTION
ON UPDATE CASCADE;
I found this thread similar to my query:
How to Link Foreign Key with Different Name
But unfortunately the answer to the question above doesn't resolve my problem as on my example tables, it doesn't create any primary key, all foreign keys only.
Here is the query for the table structure:
CREATE TABLE ref_data(
user_id INT(11) NOT NULL,
ref_id INT(11) NOT NULL,
ref_name VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
ref_date datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
CONSTRAINT FK_user_id FOREIGN KEY(user_id) REFERENCES client (user_id),
CONSTRAINT FK_ref_id FOREIGN KEY(ref_id) REFERENCES client (user_id),
CONSTRAINT FK_ref_name FOREIGN KEY(ref_name) REFERENCES client (firstname)
);
I get the following error:
errno: 150 "Foreign key constraint is incorrectly formed"
Here I am using user_id twice, with the first as user_id and second as ref_id. I'm also using firstname as ref_name.
This is the client table:
CREATE TABLE client (
`user_id` INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
`username` VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL UNIQUE KEY,
`email` VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL UNIQUE KEY,
`firstname` VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
`lastname` VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
`password` CHAR(128) NOT NULL
);
Ok, when trying to create the ref_data table, after the foreign key error, I see this:
LATEST FOREIGN KEY ERROR
------------------------ 2017-07-13 01:07:00 37ec Error in foreign key constraint of table ref_data:
FOREIGN KEY(ref_name) REFERENCES client (firstname) ):
Cannot find an index in the
referenced table where the referenced columns appear as the first
columns, or column types in the table and the referenced table do not
match for constraint. Note that the internal storage type of ENUM and
SET changed in tables created with >= InnoDB-4.1.12, and such columns
in old tables cannot be referenced by such columns in new tables. See
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/innodb-foreign-key-constraints.html
for correct foreign key definition. Create table 'test.ref_data'
with foreign key constraint failed. There is no index in the
referenced table where the referenced columns appear as the first
columns near ' FOREIGN KEY(ref_name) REFERENCES client (firstname) )'.
What that error is basically saying: (in the bold text)
There is no index on 'firstname' for the 'client' table (the portion after the REFERENCES clause of the FOREIGN KEY
But it's a simple fix. Run this SQL on the client table:
ALTER TABLE `client` ADD INDEX(`firstname`);
... and then run the ref_data table SQL again.
I'm trying to make a many-to-many relationship between two tables In Mysql WorkBench, and one of those 2 tables has a composite primary key ( parts are coming from 2 foreign keys). When I'm trying to generate the SQL I'm getting this error :
ERROR: Error 1215: Cannot add foreign key constraint
SQL Code:
-- -----------------------------------------------------
-- Table `A_D_schema`.`Resources_has_OwnerGroups`
-- -----------------------------------------------------
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `A_D_schema`.`Resources_has_OwnerGroups` (
`Resources_id` INT NOT NULL,
`OwnerGroups_id` INT NOT NULL,
`OwnerGroups_Instances_has_Customers_Instances_idInstances` INT NOT NULL,
`OwnerGroups_Instances_has_Customers_Customers_idCustomers` INT NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`Resources_id`, `OwnerGroups_id`, `OwnerGroups_Instances_has_Customers_Instances_idInstances`, `OwnerGroups_Instances_has_Customers_Customers_idCustomers`),
INDEX `fk_Resources_has_OwnerGroups_OwnerGroups1_idx` (`OwnerGroups_id` ASC, `OwnerGroups_Instances_has_Customers_Instances_idInstances` ASC, `OwnerGroups_Instances_has_Customers_Customers_idCustomers` ASC),
INDEX `fk_Resources_has_OwnerGroups_Resources1_idx` (`Resources_id` ASC),
CONSTRAINT `fk_Resources_has_OwnerGroups_Resources1`
FOREIGN KEY (`Resources_id`)
REFERENCES `A_D_schema`.`Resources` (`id`)
ON DELETE NO ACTION
ON UPDATE NO ACTION,
CONSTRAINT `fk_Resources_has_OwnerGroups_OwnerGroups1`
FOREIGN KEY (`OwnerGroups_id` , `OwnerGroups_Instances_has_Customers_Instances_idInstances` , `OwnerGroups_Instances_has_Customers_Customers_idCustomers`)
REFERENCES `A_D_schema`.`OwnerGroups` (`id` , `Instances_has_Customers_Instances_idInstances` , `Instances_has_Customers_Customers_idCustomers`)
ON DELETE NO ACTION
ON UPDATE NO ACTION)
ENGINE = InnoDB
From the SHOW ENGINE INNODB STATUS I can see this message :
Cannot resolve column name close to:
)
ON DELETE NO ACTION
ON UPDATE NO ACTION,
CONSTRAINT `fk_Resources_has_OwnerGroups_OwnerGroups1`
FOREIGN KEY (`OwnerGroups_id` , `OwnerGroups_Instances_has_Customers_Instances_idInstances` , `OwnerGroups_Instances_has_Customers_Customers_idCustomers`)
REFERENCES `A_D_schema`.`OwnerGroups` (`id` , `Instances_has_Customers_Instances_idInstances` , `Instances_has_Customers_Customers_idCustomers`)
ON DELETE NO ACTION
ON UPDATE NO ACTION)
ENGINE = InnoDB
The SHOW CREATE TABLE Resources and SHOW CREATE TABLE OwnerGroups :
CREATE TABLE `Resources` (
`idResources` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`email` varchar(45) DEFAULT NULL,
`role` int(11) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'role : 1 disptcher \n0 admin',
PRIMARY KEY (`idResources`),
UNIQUE KEY `idresources_UNIQUE` (`idResources`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
CREATE TABLE `OwnerGroups` (
`idOwnerGroups` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`name` varchar(45) DEFAULT NULL,
`group` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`idOwnerGroups`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
CONSTRAINT `fk_Resources_has_OwnerGroups_Resources1`
FOREIGN KEY (`Resources_id`)
REFERENCES `A_D_schema`.`Resources` (`id`)
Your Resources table doesn't have a column id. Its primary key is idResources.
CONSTRAINT `fk_Resources_has_OwnerGroups_OwnerGroups1`
FOREIGN KEY (`OwnerGroups_id` , `OwnerGroups_Instances_has_Customers_Instances_idInstances` , `OwnerGroups_Instances_has_Customers_Customers_idCustomers`)
REFERENCES `A_D_schema`.`OwnerGroups` (`id` , `Instances_has_Customers_Instances_idInstances` , `Instances_has_Customers_Customers_idCustomers`)
Your OwnerGroups table doesn't have a column id. Its primary key is idOwnerGroups. It doesn't have the other two columns you reference at all.
In general, when you declare a foreign key, first you name the columns in the child table:
CREATE TABLE Child (
childCol1 INT,
childCol2 INT,
...
FOREIGN KEY (childCol1, childCol2) ...
Then you reference columns in the parent table:
... REFERENCES Parent (parentCol1, parentCol2)
);
You must use the names of columns as they exist in the parent table.
The columns you reference in the parent table must together be the PRIMARY KEY or UNIQUE KEY of that table. In other words, given the example above, it would not work against this Parent table:
CREATE TABLE Parent (
parentCol1 INT,
parentCol2 INT,
PRIMARY KEY (parentCol1)
);
Because the PRIMARY KEY does not include parentCol2.
In your case, the following should work:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `A_D_schema`.`Resources_has_OwnerGroups` (
`Resources_id` INT NOT NULL,
`OwnerGroups_id` INT NOT NULL,
`OwnerGroups_Instances_has_Customers_Instances_idInstances` INT NOT NULL,
`OwnerGroups_Instances_has_Customers_Customers_idCustomers` INT NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`Resources_id`, `OwnerGroups_id`, `OwnerGroups_Instances_has_Customers_Instances_idInstances`, `OwnerGroups_Instances_has_Customers_Customers_idCustomers`),
CONSTRAINT `fk_Resources_has_OwnerGroups_Resources1`
FOREIGN KEY (`Resources_id`)
REFERENCES `A_D_schema`.`Resources` (`idResources`)
ON DELETE NO ACTION
ON UPDATE NO ACTION,
CONSTRAINT `fk_Resources_has_OwnerGroups_OwnerGroups1`
FOREIGN KEY (`OwnerGroups_id`)
REFERENCES `A_D_schema`.`OwnerGroups` (`idOwnerGroups`)
ON DELETE NO ACTION
ON UPDATE NO ACTION
) ENGINE = InnoDB
I took out a couple of INDEX definitions that are redundant. You don't need to index your PRIMARY KEY, it's already the clustered index of the table. You don't need to index the column you use in a foreign key declaration, MySQL will index that column automatically if it need to (though if an index already exists for that column, the FK constraint will use that index).
I'm not sure I understand what your other two columns OwnerGroups_Instances_has_Customers_Instances_idInstances and OwnerGroups_Instances_has_Customers_Customers_idCustomers are meant to do. Typically in a many-to-many table, you only need enough columns to reference the primary keys of the respective parent tables.
Re your comment:
You should try refreshing the view of the schema from time to time. There's a button with a pair of curvy arrows, to the right of "SCHEMAS".
I am getting error when I create table with foreign key
create table _users(_id int(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
_user_fullname varchar(50)not null,
_user_username varchar(160) not null,
_user_password varchar(200) not null,_user_remember_me tinyint,
_user_email varchar(30),
_user_mobile varchar(15),
_user_age varchar(10)
,primary key(_id,_user_email,_user_mobile));
_users table created successfully..there were no error..
But When I want to create employee table :
CREATE TABLE employee ( _Id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
_user_mobile VARCHAR(15) not null,
_name varchar(15),
_org varchar(10),
PRIMARY KEY (_Id),
foreign key (_user_mobile) references _users(_user_mobile));
Its showing error:
ERROR 1005 (HY000): Can't create table 'DB.employee' (errno: 150)
What am I doing wrong??
Hey In this case you just need to do one thing ,
you just need to add index to the reference column of the user table and then run the create table for employee
ALTER TABLE `_users` ADD INDEX (`_user_mobile`);
After running above query just run the below query :-
CREATE TABLE `employee`(
`_Id` INT(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`_user_mobile` VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL,
`_name` VARCHAR(15),
`_org` VARCHAR(10),
PRIMARY KEY (`_Id`),
FOREIGN KEY (`_user_mobile`) REFERENCES `_users`(`_user_mobile`) );
In this way you will get rid of the error 1005 of mysql which says that you need to have index on the reference column of parent table.
150 is a foreign key error:
C:\>perror 150
MySQL error code 150: Foreign key constraint is incorrectly formed
Getting the exact error message is very tricky. You need to run this query:
show engine innodb status
... and search in the output:
------------------------
LATEST FOREIGN KEY ERROR
------------------------
160627 14:09:32 Error in foreign key constraint of table test/employee:
foreign key (_user_mobile) references _users(_user_mobile)):
Cannot find an index in the referenced table where the
referenced columns appear as the first columns, or column types
in the table and the referenced table do not match for constraint.
Note that the internal storage type of ENUM and SET changed in
tables created with >= InnoDB-4.1.12, and such columns in old tables
cannot be referenced by such columns in new tables.
See http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/innodb-foreign-key-constraints.html
for correct foreign key definition.
Once you know that, it'd be easy to add the missing index:
ALTER TABLE `_users`
ADD UNIQUE INDEX `_user_email` (`_user_email`);
But I wouldn't if I were you. It's weird to use mobile phone number as key. Instead, just simplify the primary key:
create table _users(_id int(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
_user_fullname varchar(50)not null,
_user_username varchar(160) not null,
_user_password varchar(200) not null,_user_remember_me tinyint,
_user_email varchar(30),
_user_mobile varchar(15),
_user_age varchar(10)
,primary key(_id));
... and use in the linked table:
CREATE TABLE employee ( _Id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
_user_id int(20) unsigned not null,
_name varchar(15),
_org varchar(10),
PRIMARY KEY (_Id),
foreign key (_user_id) references _users(_id));
The problem is in the foreign key part. If you remove that, table will be created without a problem.
If you need to use that foreign key, you need to use InnoDB as the storage engine of MySQL. InnoDB allows a foreign key constraint to reference a non-unique key as can be seen in here.
i got these two succesfull queries:
create table Donors (
donor_id int not null auto_increment primary key,
gender varchar(1) not null,
date_of_birth date not null,
first_name varchar(20) not null,
middle_name varchar(20),
last_name varchar(30) not null,
home_phone tinyint(10),
work_phone tinyint(10),
cell_mobile_phone tinyint(10),
medical_condition text,
other_details text );
and
create table Donors_Medical_Condition (
donor_id int not null,
condition_code int not null,
seriousness text,
primary key(donor_id, condition_code),
foreign key(donor_id) references Donors(donor_id) );
but when i try this one:
create table Medical_Conditions (
condition_code int not null,
condition_name varchar(50) not null,
condition_description text,
other_details text,
primary key(condition_code),
foreign key(condition_code) references Donors_Medical_Condition(condition_code) );
i get "Error Code: 1215, cannot add foreign key constraint"
i dont know what am i doing wrong.
In MySql, a foreign key reference needs to reference to an index (including primary key), where the first part of the index matches the foreign key field. If you create an an index on condition_code or change the primary key st that condition_code is first you should be able to create the index.
To define a foreign key, the referenced parent field must have an index defined on it.
As per documentation on foreign key constraints:
REFERENCES tbl_name (index_col_name,...)
Define an INDEX on condition_code in parent table Donors_Medical_Condition and it should be working.
create table Donors_Medical_Condition (
donor_id int not null,
condition_code int not null,
seriousness text,
KEY ( condition_code ), -- <---- this is newly added index key
primary key(donor_id, condition_code),
foreign key(donor_id) references Donors(donor_id) );
But it seems you defined your tables order and references wrongly.
You should have defined foreign key in Donors_Medical_Condition table but not in Donors_Medical_Conditions table. The latter seems to be a parent.
Modify your script accordingly.
They should be written as:
-- create parent table first ( general practice )
create table Medical_Conditions (
condition_code int not null,
condition_name varchar(50) not null,
condition_description text,
other_details text,
primary key(condition_code)
);
-- child table of Medical_Conditions
create table Donors_Medical_Condition (
donor_id int not null,
condition_code int not null,
seriousness text,
primary key(donor_id, condition_code),
foreign key(donor_id) references Donors(donor_id),
foreign key(condition_code)
references Donors_Medical_Condition(condition_code)
);
Refer to:
MySQL Using FOREIGN KEY Constraints
[CONSTRAINT [symbol]] FOREIGN KEY
[index_name] (index_col_name, ...)
REFERENCES tbl_name (index_col_name,...)
[ON DELETE reference_option]
[ON UPDATE reference_option]
reference_option:
RESTRICT | CASCADE | SET NULL | NO ACTION
A workaround for those who need a quick how-to:
FYI: My issue was NOT caused by the inconsistency of the columns’ data types/sizes, collation or InnoDB storage engine.
How to:
Download a MySQL workbench and use it’s GUI to add foreign key. That’s it!
Why:
The error DOES have something to do with indexes. I learned this from the DML script automatically generated by the MySQL workbench. Which also helped me to rule out all those inconsistency possibilities.It applies to one of the conditions to which the foreign key definition subject. That is: “MySQL requires indexes on foreign keys and referenced keys so that foreign key checks can be fast and not require a table scan.” Here is the official statement: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/create-table-foreign-keys.html
I did not get the idea of adding an index ON the foreign key column(in the child table), only paid attention to the referenced TO column(in the parent table).
Here is the auto-generated script(PHONE.PERSON_ID did not have index originally):
ALTER TABLE `netctoss`.`phone`
ADD INDEX `personfk_idx` (`PERSON_ID` ASC);
ALTER TABLE `netctoss`.`phone`
ADD CONSTRAINT `personfk`
FOREIGN KEY (`PERSON_ID`)
REFERENCES `netctoss`.`person` (`ID`)
ON DELETE NO ACTION
ON UPDATE NO ACTION;
I think you've got your tables a bit backwards. I'm assuming that Donors_Medical_Condtion links donors and medical conditions, so you want a foreign key for donors and conditions on that table.
UPDATED
Ok, you're also creating your tables in the wrong order. Here's the entire script:
create table Donors (
donor_id int not null auto_increment primary key,
gender varchar(1) not null,
date_of_birth date not null,
first_name varchar(20) not null,
middle_name varchar(20),
last_name varchar(30) not null,
home_phone tinyint(10),
work_phone tinyint(10),
cell_mobile_phone tinyint(10),
medical_condition text,
other_details text );
create table Medical_Conditions (
condition_code int not null,
condition_name varchar(50) not null,
condition_description text,
other_details text,
primary key(condition_code) );
create table Donors_Medical_Condition (
donor_id int not null,
condition_code int not null,
seriousness text,
primary key(donor_id, condition_code),
foreign key(donor_id) references Donors(donor_id),
foreign key(condition_code) references Medical_Conditions(condition_code) );
I got the same issue and as per given answers, I verified all datatype and reference but every time I recreate my tables I get this error. After spending couple of hours I came to know below command which gave me inside of error-
SHOW ENGINE INNODB STATUS;
LATEST FOREIGN KEY ERROR
------------------------
2015-05-16 00:55:24 12af3b000 Error in foreign key constraint of table letmecall/lmc_service_result_ext:
there is no index in referenced table which would contain
the columns as the first columns, or the data types in the
referenced table do not match the ones in table. Constraint:
,
CONSTRAINT "fk_SERVICE_RESULT_EXT_LMC_SERVICE_RESULT1" FOREIGN KEY ("FK_SERVICE_RESULT") REFERENCES "LMC_SERVICE_RESULT" ("SERVICE_RESULT") ON DELETE NO ACTION ON UPDATE NO ACTION
I removed all relation using mysql workbench but still I see same error. After spending few more minutes, I execute below statement to see all constraint available in DB-
select * from information_schema.table_constraints where
constraint_schema = 'XXXXX'
I was wondering that I have removed all relationship using mysql workbench but still that constraint was there. And the reason was that because this constraint was already created in db.
Since it was my test DB So I dropped DB and when I recreate all table along with this table then it worked. So solution was that this constraint must be deleted from DB before creating new tables.
Check that both fields are the same size and if the referenced field is unsigned then the referencing field should also be unsigned.