I'm trying to create a foreign key on two columns of a table to point to the same column of another table, but I seem to get an error...
Here's what I do:
CREATE TABLE test2 (
ID INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
col1 INT NOT NULL,
col2 INT NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (ID),
CONSTRAINT fk FOREIGN KEY (col1, col2)
REFERENCES test1(ID, ID)
ON UPDATE CASCADE
ON DELETE RESTRICT
) ENGINE=InnoDB;
But I get
ERROR 1005 (HY000): Can't create table 'DB.test2' (errno: 150)
If I only have one column, however, the table is correctly created.
Could someone point out to me where the error is?
Thanks n
MySQL allows us to add a FOREIGN KEY constraint on multiple columns in a table. The condition is that each Foreign Key in the child table must refer to the different parent table.
No. A foreign key constraint names exactly which table and column(s) it references, and it must reference the same table and column(s) on every row.
Whichever one is not the primary key is the foreign key. In one-to-many relationships, the FK goes on the "many" side. It can't go on the "one" side because that's where the PK goes and the definition of a primary key includes disallowing duplicates.
A table can reference a maximum of 253 other tables and columns as foreign keys (outgoing references).
Tried it here and got the same error. This works though:
CREATE TABLE test2 (
ID INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
col1 INT NOT NULL,
col2 INT NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (ID),
CONSTRAINT fk FOREIGN KEY (col1)
REFERENCES test1(ID)
ON UPDATE CASCADE
ON DELETE RESTRICT,
CONSTRAINT fk2 FOREIGN KEY (col2)
REFERENCES test1(ID)
ON UPDATE CASCADE
ON DELETE RESTRICT
) ENGINE=InnoDB
Yes, I know - your script should work (even if it doesn't seem to make much sense). Yet, I guess this new version is better.
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