The tables don't exist yet. The Base.metadata.create_all(engine) is to create them.
Thanks! On May 30, 11:52 pm, Michael Bayer <mike...@zzzcomputing.com> wrote: > This might be because the tables you're trying to reference are themselves > not InnoDB. Try running DESCRIBE on the referenced tables at the MySQL > console to help confirm this, as well as the same CREATE TABLE statement > below. > > On May 30, 2012, at 11:31 PM, Jeff wrote: > > > > > > > > > Having difficulty creating a database that includes the following > > plumbing: > > > class Base(object): > > id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True) > > __table_args__ = {'mysql_engine': 'InnoDB'} > > > Base = declarative_base(cls=Base) > > > class Event(Base): > > .... > > > Avalanche_Event_Association = Table('Avalanche_Event_Association', > > Base.metadata, > > Column('avalanche_id', Integer, ForeignKey('Avalanche.id')), > > Column('event_id', Integer, ForeignKey('Event.id')), > > mysql_engine='InnoDB') > > > class Avalanche(Base): > > .... > > > Doing Base.metadata.create_all(engine) yields: > > > OperationalError: (OperationalError) (1005, "Can't create table > > 'alstottj.Avalanche_Event_Association' (errno: 150)") '\nCREATE TABLE > > `Avalanche_Event_Association` (\n\tavalanche_id INTEGER, \n\tevent_id > > INTEGER, \n\tFOREIGN KEY(avalanche_id) REFERENCES `Avalanche` (id), \n > > \tFOREIGN KEY(event_id) REFERENCES `Event` (id)\n)ENGINE=InnoDB\n > > \n' () > > > Commenting out the line "mysql_engine='InnoDB'" removes the error and > > the tables are all created, but the association table is now MyISAM. > > > I have some feelings on what could be causing the error, but they all > > seem improbable. Thoughts? > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "sqlalchemy" group. > > To post to this group, send email to sqlalchemy@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > sqlalchemy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/sqlalchemy?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sqlalchemy" group. To post to this group, send email to sqlalchemy@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sqlalchemy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sqlalchemy?hl=en.