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

As noted, your table have to be InnoDB for FK constraints to be enforced.

I've only run into the 'Can't create table' in the case where I'm trying to create a foreign key constraint where my local column is a different type from the foreign column.