phpMyAdmin foreign key drop-down field values

Question

I\'m using phpmyadmin (php & mysql) and I\'m having a lot of trouble linking the tables using foreign keys.

I\'m getting negative values fo

Answer 1

As Lex said, this is just the way phpMyAdmin displays the values. If you see "-1" or "1-" in that dropdown box, it's just 1.

Answer 2

go to operation than change myiasm to innoDB than Go

Answer 3

You can change the look of this dropdown using the ForeignKeyDropdownOrder option. (See the PMA documentation).

Example:

$cfg['ForeignKeyDropdownOrder'] = array( 'content-id');
/* 'content' is the referenced data, 'id' is the key value. */

Answer 4

Check if your tables use MyIsam engine. In that case foreign keys are not supported. Use InnoDB instead.

Answer 5

As i explained on ServerFault:

It is not negaitve number, the feature of phpMYAdmin is to show foreign key value and a custom description field next to it. In the referenced table (Counties) you can go to "Relation view" and under the table there is a select box "Choose field to display", in which you choose value that will be displayed next to CountyID value in the referencing table (Baronies). Also see: phpymadminWiki