我在为mysql数据库中的现有表创建外键时遇到一些问题。
我有桌子exp
:
+-------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+-------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| EID | varchar(45) | NO | PRI | NULL | |
| Comment | text | YES | | NULL | |
| Initials | varchar(255) | NO | | NULL | |
| ExpDate | date | NO | | NULL | |
| InsertDate | date | NO | | NULL | |
| inserted_by | int(11) unsigned | YES | MUL | NULL | |
+-------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
而且我不会sample_df
使用以下方法创建一个新表,称为引用此表:
CREATE TABLE sample_df (
df_id mediumint(5) unsigned AUTO_INCREMENT primary key,
sample_type mediumint(5) unsigned NOT NULL,
df_10 BOOLEAN NOT NULL,
df_100 BOOLEAN NOT NULL,
df_1000 BOOLEAN NOT NULL,
df_above_1000 BOOLEAN NOT NULL,
target INT(11) unsigned NOT NULL,
assay MEDIUMINT(5) unsigned zerofill NOT NULL,
insert_date TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
inserted_by INT(11) unsigned NOT NULL,
initials varchar(255),
experiment VARCHAR(45),
CONSTRAINT FOREIGN KEY (inserted_by) REFERENCES user (iduser),
CONSTRAINT FOREIGN KEY (target) REFERENCES protein (PID),
CONSTRAINT FOREIGN KEY (sample_type) REFERENCES sample_type (ID),
CONSTRAINT FOREIGN KEY (assay) REFERENCES assays (AID),
CONSTRAINT FOREIGN KEY (experiment) REFERENCES exp (EID)
);
但是我得到了错误:
ERROR 1215 (HY000): Cannot add foreign key constraint
为了获得更多信息,我做了:
SHOW ENGINE INNODB STATUS\G
从中我得到:
FOREIGN KEY (experiment) REFERENCES exp (EID)
):
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.
对我而言,列类型似乎匹配,因为它们都是varchar(45)。(我还尝试将experiment
列设置为非null,但这并不能解决问题),所以我想问题一定是该类型Cannot find an index in the referenced table where the referenced columns appear as the first columns
。但是我不太确定这意味着什么,或者如何检查/修复它。有没有人有什么建议?那是什么意思first columns
?