Foreign key not working in MySQL: Why can I INSERT a value that's not in the foreign column?

Question

I\'ve created a table in MySQL:

CREATE TABLE actions ( A_id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
type ENUM(\'rate\',\'report\',\'submit\',\'edit\',\'delete\') NOT NU         


        

Answer 1

Just to save other's of the hours of headache I've been thru - as giraffa touches upon, ensure @FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS is set to 1.

SELECT @@FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS

SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=1