toby, Monday, June 24, 2002, 10:06:57 AM, you wrote: t> i cant create tables, the tables which had NO foreign keys or they didmt t> refer to another table were created fine t> but the ones WITH foreign key ... refferring to fieldz in other table(s) t> cant be created
t> mysql>create table lang ( lang_id int auto_increment primary key, t> lang_ char(20) t> ); t> query ok, 0 rows effected t> mysql>create table usr_inf ( foreign key lang_id refrences lang(lang_id), t> ); t> gives me this error : t> error 1064: u ve an error in ur sql syntex near 'refrences lang(lang_id)'at t> line 1 t> i even tried this without (lang_id) but it still doesnt work t> where m i messing it up guyz ???? First of all both tables must be InnoDB; second you wrote a wrong foreign key constraint. Take a look at: http://www.mysql.com/doc/S/E/SEC446.html you can find example of creating tables with foreign key constraint. -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php