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I'm currently trying to make a self referencing table in MySQL, however it seems I can't make a foreign key on the table itself, I'm getting an MySQL error:

Error Code: 1005. Can't create table 'biological classification' (errno: 150)

This is my code:

# Table creation

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `biological classification`;

CREATE TABLE `biological classification` (

`idBC` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,

`idParent` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,

`type` varchar(45) DEFAULT NULL,

`value` varchar(45) DEFAULT NULL,

PRIMARY KEY (`idBC`),

UNIQUE KEY `idnew_table_UNIQUE` (`idBC`),

CONSTRAINT `SelfKey` FOREIGN KEY (`idParent`) REFERENCES `biological classification` (`idBC`) ON DELETE NO ACTION ON UPDATE NO ACTION

) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=20 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COMMENT='A table that contains the Biological Classification of anima';

# insert into table

INSERT INTO `biological classification` (`idBC`,`idParent`,`type`,`value`) VALUES (1,NULL,'Class','Mammalia');

INSERT INTO `biological classification` (`idBC`,`idParent`,`type`,`value`) VALUES (2,1,'Genus','Giraffa');

INSERT INTO `biological classification` (`idBC`,`idParent`,`type`,`value`) VALUES (3,2,'Species','Giraffa camelopardalis');

INSERT INTO `biological classification` (`idBC`,`idParent`,`type`,`value`) VALUES (5,1,'Genus','Panthera');

INSERT INTO `biological classification` (`idBC`,`idParent`,`type`,`value`) VALUES (6,1,'Genus','Loxodonta');

INSERT INTO `biological classification` (`idBC`,`idParent`,`type`,`value`) VALUES (7,5,'Species','Panthera leo');

INSERT INTO `biological classification` (`idBC`,`idParent`,`type`,`value`) VALUES (8,5,'Species','Panthera tigris');

INSERT INTO `biological classification` (`idBC`,`idParent`,`type`,`value`) VALUES (9,6,'Species','Loxodonta africana');

INSERT INTO `biological classification` (`idBC`,`idParent`,`type`,`value`) VALUES (10,1,'Class','Marsupialia');

INSERT INTO `biological classification` (`idBC`,`idParent`,`type`,`value`) VALUES (11,10,'Genus','Macropus');

INSERT INTO `biological classification` (`idBC`,`idParent`,`type`,`value`) VALUES (12,11,'Species','Macropus rufus');

INSERT INTO `biological classification` (`idBC`,`idParent`,`type`,`value`) VALUES (13,1,'Genus','Sarcophilus');

INSERT INTO `biological classification` (`idBC`,`idParent`,`type`,`value`) VALUES (14,13,'Species','Sarcophilus harrisii');

INSERT INTO `biological classification` (`idBC`,`idParent`,`type`,`value`) VALUES (15,10,'Genus','Didelphis');

INSERT INTO `biological classification` (`idBC`,`idParent`,`type`,`value`) VALUES (16,15,'Species','Didelphis virginiana');

INSERT INTO `biological classification` (`idBC`,`idParent`,`type`,`value`) VALUES (17,NULL,'Class','Aves');

INSERT INTO `biological classification` (`idBC`,`idParent`,`type`,`value`) VALUES (18,17,'Genus','Aquila');

INSERT INTO `biological classification` (`idBC`,`idParent`,`type`,`value`) VALUES (19,18,'Species','Aquila chrysaetos');

解决方案

Change the type from column idParent to int(10) unsigned. So it is the same type like the referenced column idBC.

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `biological classification`;

CREATE TABLE `biological classification` (

`idBC` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,

`idParent` int(10) unsigned DEFAULT NULL,

`type` varchar(45) DEFAULT NULL,

`value` varchar(45) DEFAULT NULL,

PRIMARY KEY (`idBC`),

UNIQUE KEY `idnew_table_UNIQUE` (`idBC`),

CONSTRAINT `SelfKey` FOREIGN KEY (`idParent`) REFERENCES `biological classification` (`idBC`) ON DELETE NO ACTION ON UPDATE NO ACTION

) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=20 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COMMENT='A table that contains the Biological Classification of anima';