error in mysql syntax

Question

while executing the following query, i get an error that there\'s an error in the syntax near line 9. since i\'m using mysql workbench, i can\'t really figure out what could be

Answer 1

The syntax error appears to be the empty parenthesis at: INDEX vAuthorID (), FOREIGN KEY () and REFERENCES proquotes.author_info (). Those parenthesis should reference one or more table attributes.

For example:

INDEX `vAuthorID` (`vAuthorID`) ,
CONSTRAINT `vAuthorID`
   FOREIGN KEY (`vAuthorID`)
   REFERENCES `proquotes`.`author_info` (`vAuthorID`)

The last parenthesis for the REFERENCES clause should reference an attribute in author_info, and not from thquotes. Therefore you may need to change vAuthorID accordingly.