MySQL Creating tables with Foreign Keys giving errno: 150

Question

I am trying to create a table in MySQL with two foreign keys, which reference the primary keys in 2 other tables, but I am getting an errno: 150 error and it will not create

Answer 1

Helpful tip, use SHOW WARNINGS; after trying your CREATE query and you will receive the error as well as the more detailed warning:

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| Level   | Code | Message                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
+---------+------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------                          --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                          ---------------+
| Warning |  150 | Create table 'fakeDatabase/exampleTable' with foreign key constraint failed. There is no index in the referenced table where the referenced columns appear as the first columns.
|
| Error   | 1005 | Can't create table 'exampleTable' (errno:150)                                                                                                                                                                           |
+---------+------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------                          --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                          ---------------+

So in this case, time to re-create my table!