CREATE TABLE parent (a INT PRIMARY KEY, b INT NOT NULL) ENGINE = InnoDB; INSERT INTO parent VALUES(1,2),(2,3); CREATE INDEX tb ON parent(b); INSERT INTO parent VALUES(10,20),(20,30); CREATE TABLE child (a1 INT PRIMARY KEY, a2 INT) ENGINE = InnoDB; CREATE INDEX tb ON child(a2); INSERT INTO child VALUES(10,20); ALTER TABLE child ADD FOREIGN KEY(a2) REFERENCES parent(b), ALGORITHM = INPLACE; ERROR 0A000: ALGORITHM=INPLACE is not supported. Reason: Adding foreign keys needs foreign_key_checks=OFF. Try ALGORITHM=COPY SET foreign_key_checks = 0; ALTER TABLE child ADD CONSTRAINT fk_1 FOREIGN KEY (a2) REFERENCES parent(b) ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE, ALGORITHM = INPLACE; SELECT * FROM information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN; ID FOR_NAME REF_NAME N_COLS TYPE test/fk_1 test/child test/parent 1 6 SELECT * FROM information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN_COLS; ID FOR_COL_NAME REF_COL_NAME POS test/fk_1 a2 b 0 ALTER TABLE child ADD CONSTRAINT fk_1 FOREIGN KEY (a2) REFERENCES parent(b) ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE, ALGORITHM = INPLACE; ERROR HY000: Duplicate FOREIGN KEY constraint name 'test/fk_1' SET foreign_key_checks = 1; INSERT INTO child VALUES(1,2),(2,3); INSERT INTO child VALUES(4,4); ERROR 23000: Cannot add or update a child row: a foreign key constraint fails (`test`.`child`, CONSTRAINT `fk_1` FOREIGN KEY (`a2`) REFERENCES `parent` (`b`) ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE) SELECT * FROM parent; a b 1 2 2 3 10 20 20 30 SET foreign_key_checks = 0; ALTER TABLE child ADD CONSTRAINT fk_20 FOREIGN KEY (a1, a2) REFERENCES parent(a, b) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE, ALGORITHM = INPLACE; ERROR HY000: Failed to add the foreign key constaint. Missing index for constraint 'fk_20' in the referenced table 'parent' SHOW WARNINGS; Level Code Message Error 1822 Failed to add the foreign key constaint. Missing index for constraint 'fk_20' in the referenced table 'parent' SHOW ERRORS; Level Code Message Error 1822 Failed to add the foreign key constaint. Missing index for constraint 'fk_20' in the referenced table 'parent' CREATE INDEX idx1 on parent(a, b); ALTER TABLE child ADD CONSTRAINT fk_10 FOREIGN KEY (a1, a2) REFERENCES parent(a, b) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE, ALGORITHM = INPLACE; ALTER TABLE child ADD CONSTRAINT fk_2 FOREIGN KEY (a1, a2) REFERENCES parent(a, b) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE, ADD INDEX idx1(a1,a2), ALGORITHM = INPLACE; ALTER TABLE child ADD CONSTRAINT fk_3 FOREIGN KEY (a1, a2) REFERENCES parent(a, b) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE; SELECT * FROM information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN; ID FOR_NAME REF_NAME N_COLS TYPE test/fk_1 test/child test/parent 1 6 test/fk_10 test/child test/parent 2 5 test/fk_2 test/child test/parent 2 5 test/fk_3 test/child test/parent 2 5 SELECT * FROM information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN_COLS; ID FOR_COL_NAME REF_COL_NAME POS test/fk_1 a2 b 0 test/fk_10 a1 a 0 test/fk_10 a2 b 1 test/fk_2 a1 a 0 test/fk_2 a2 b 1 test/fk_3 a1 a 0 test/fk_3 a2 b 1 SET foreign_key_checks = 1; INSERT INTO child VALUES(5,4); ERROR 23000: Cannot add or update a child row: a foreign key constraint fails (`test`.`child`, CONSTRAINT `fk_1` FOREIGN KEY (`a2`) REFERENCES `parent` (`b`) ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE) SHOW CREATE TABLE child; Table Create Table child CREATE TABLE `child` ( `a1` int(11) NOT NULL, `a2` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`a1`), KEY `tb` (`a2`), KEY `idx1` (`a1`,`a2`), CONSTRAINT `fk_1` FOREIGN KEY (`a2`) REFERENCES `parent` (`b`) ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE, CONSTRAINT `fk_10` FOREIGN KEY (`a1`, `a2`) REFERENCES `parent` (`a`, `b`) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE, CONSTRAINT `fk_2` FOREIGN KEY (`a1`, `a2`) REFERENCES `parent` (`a`, `b`) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE, CONSTRAINT `fk_3` FOREIGN KEY (`a1`, `a2`) REFERENCES `parent` (`a`, `b`) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 DELETE FROM parent where a = 1; SELECT * FROM child; a1 a2 1 NULL 2 3 10 20 SET foreign_key_checks = 0; SET @saved_debug_dbug = @@SESSION.debug_dbug; SET DEBUG_DBUG = '+d,innodb_test_open_ref_fail'; ALTER TABLE child ADD CONSTRAINT fk_4 FOREIGN KEY (a1, a2) REFERENCES parent(a, b) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE, ALGORITHM = INPLACE; SET DEBUG_DBUG = @saved_debug_dbug; SELECT * FROM information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN; ID FOR_NAME REF_NAME N_COLS TYPE test/fk_1 test/child test/parent 1 6 test/fk_10 test/child test/parent 2 5 test/fk_2 test/child test/parent 2 5 test/fk_3 test/child test/parent 2 5 test/fk_4 test/child test/parent 2 5 SELECT * FROM information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN_COLS; ID FOR_COL_NAME REF_COL_NAME POS test/fk_1 a2 b 0 test/fk_10 a1 a 0 test/fk_10 a2 b 1 test/fk_2 a1 a 0 test/fk_2 a2 b 1 test/fk_3 a1 a 0 test/fk_3 a2 b 1 test/fk_4 a1 a 0 test/fk_4 a2 b 1 SELECT t2.name, t1.name FROM information_schema.innodb_sys_columns t1, information_schema.innodb_sys_tables t2 WHERE t1.table_id = t2.table_id AND t2.name LIKE "%child" ORDER BY t1.name; name name test/child a1 test/child a2 SELECT NAME FROM information_schema.INNODB_SYS_TABLES; NAME SYS_DATAFILES SYS_FOREIGN SYS_FOREIGN_COLS SYS_TABLESPACES SYS_VIRTUAL mysql/innodb_index_stats mysql/innodb_table_stats mysql/transaction_registry test/child test/parent INSERT INTO child VALUES(5,4); SET foreign_key_checks = 1; INSERT INTO child VALUES(6,5); ERROR 23000: Cannot add or update a child row: a foreign key constraint fails (`test`.`child`, CONSTRAINT `fk_1` FOREIGN KEY (`a2`) REFERENCES `parent` (`b`) ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE) SET foreign_key_checks = 0; CREATE TABLE `#parent` (a INT PRIMARY KEY, b INT NOT NULL) ENGINE = InnoDB; CREATE INDEX tb ON `#parent`(a, b); CREATE TABLE `#child` (a1 INT PRIMARY KEY, a2 INT) ENGINE = InnoDB; CREATE INDEX tb ON `#child`(a1, a2); SET DEBUG_DBUG = '+d,innodb_test_no_foreign_idx'; ALTER TABLE `#child` ADD CONSTRAINT fk_40 FOREIGN KEY (a1, a2) REFERENCES `#parent`(a, b) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE, ALGORITHM = INPLACE; ERROR HY000: Failed to add the foreign key constaint. Missing index for constraint 'fk_40' in the foreign table '#child' SET DEBUG_DBUG = @saved_debug_dbug; SHOW ERRORS; Level Code Message Error 1821 Failed to add the foreign key constaint. Missing index for constraint 'fk_40' in the foreign table '#child' SELECT * FROM information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN; ID FOR_NAME REF_NAME N_COLS TYPE test/fk_1 test/child test/parent 1 6 test/fk_10 test/child test/parent 2 5 test/fk_2 test/child test/parent 2 5 test/fk_3 test/child test/parent 2 5 test/fk_4 test/child test/parent 2 5 SELECT * FROM information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN_COLS; ID FOR_COL_NAME REF_COL_NAME POS test/fk_1 a2 b 0 test/fk_10 a1 a 0 test/fk_10 a2 b 1 test/fk_2 a1 a 0 test/fk_2 a2 b 1 test/fk_3 a1 a 0 test/fk_3 a2 b 1 test/fk_4 a1 a 0 test/fk_4 a2 b 1 SET DEBUG_DBUG = '+d,innodb_test_no_reference_idx'; ALTER TABLE child ADD CONSTRAINT fk_42 FOREIGN KEY (a1, a2) REFERENCES parent(a, b) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE, ALGORITHM = INPLACE; ERROR HY000: Failed to add the foreign key constaint. Missing index for constraint 'fk_42' in the referenced table 'parent' SET DEBUG_DBUG = @saved_debug_dbug; SHOW ERRORS; Level Code Message Error 1822 Failed to add the foreign key constaint. Missing index for constraint 'fk_42' in the referenced table 'parent' SET DEBUG_DBUG = '+d,innodb_test_wrong_fk_option'; ALTER TABLE child ADD CONSTRAINT fk_42 FOREIGN KEY (a1, a2) REFERENCES parent(a, b) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE, ALGORITHM = INPLACE; ERROR HY000: Failed to add the foreign key constraint on table 'child'. Incorrect options in FOREIGN KEY constraint 'test/fk_42' SET DEBUG_DBUG = @saved_debug_dbug; SELECT * FROM information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN; ID FOR_NAME REF_NAME N_COLS TYPE test/fk_1 test/child test/parent 1 6 test/fk_10 test/child test/parent 2 5 test/fk_2 test/child test/parent 2 5 test/fk_3 test/child test/parent 2 5 test/fk_4 test/child test/parent 2 5 SELECT * FROM information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN_COLS; ID FOR_COL_NAME REF_COL_NAME POS test/fk_1 a2 b 0 test/fk_10 a1 a 0 test/fk_10 a2 b 1 test/fk_2 a1 a 0 test/fk_2 a2 b 1 test/fk_3 a1 a 0 test/fk_3 a2 b 1 test/fk_4 a1 a 0 test/fk_4 a2 b 1 SET DEBUG_DBUG = '+d,innodb_test_cannot_add_fk_system'; ALTER TABLE `#child` ADD CONSTRAINT fk_43 FOREIGN KEY (a1, a2) REFERENCES `#parent`(a, b) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE, ALGORITHM = INPLACE; ERROR HY000: Failed to add the foreign key constraint 'test/fk_43' to system tables SET DEBUG_DBUG = @saved_debug_dbug; SHOW ERRORS; Level Code Message Error 1823 Failed to add the foreign key constraint 'test/fk_43' to system tables DROP TABLE `#child`; DROP TABLE `#parent`; SET foreign_key_checks = 0; ALTER TABLE child ADD CONSTRAINT fk_5 FOREIGN KEY (a2) REFERENCES parent(b) ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE, ADD CONSTRAINT fk_6 FOREIGN KEY (a1, a2) REFERENCES parent(a, b) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE, ALGORITHM = INPLACE; SELECT * FROM information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN; ID FOR_NAME REF_NAME N_COLS TYPE test/fk_1 test/child test/parent 1 6 test/fk_10 test/child test/parent 2 5 test/fk_2 test/child test/parent 2 5 test/fk_3 test/child test/parent 2 5 test/fk_4 test/child test/parent 2 5 test/fk_5 test/child test/parent 1 6 test/fk_6 test/child test/parent 2 5 SELECT * FROM information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN_COLS; ID FOR_COL_NAME REF_COL_NAME POS test/fk_1 a2 b 0 test/fk_10 a1 a 0 test/fk_10 a2 b 1 test/fk_2 a1 a 0 test/fk_2 a2 b 1 test/fk_3 a1 a 0 test/fk_3 a2 b 1 test/fk_4 a1 a 0 test/fk_4 a2 b 1 test/fk_5 a2 b 0 test/fk_6 a1 a 0 test/fk_6 a2 b 1 DROP TABLE child; DROP TABLE parent; CREATE TABLE parent (a INT PRIMARY KEY, b INT NOT NULL) ENGINE = InnoDB; INSERT INTO parent VALUES(1,2),(2,3); CREATE INDEX tb ON parent(b); INSERT INTO parent VALUES(10,20),(20,30); CREATE TABLE child (a1 INT PRIMARY KEY, a2 INT) ENGINE = InnoDB; CREATE INDEX tb ON child(a2); INSERT INTO child VALUES(10,20); SET foreign_key_checks = 0; ALTER TABLE child DROP INDEX tb, ADD CONSTRAINT fk_4 FOREIGN KEY (a2) REFERENCES parent(b) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE, ALGORITHM = INPLACE; SHOW CREATE TABLE child; Table Create Table child CREATE TABLE `child` ( `a1` int(11) NOT NULL, `a2` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`a1`), KEY `fk_4` (`a2`), CONSTRAINT `fk_4` FOREIGN KEY (`a2`) REFERENCES `parent` (`b`) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 SELECT * FROM information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN; ID FOR_NAME REF_NAME N_COLS TYPE test/fk_4 test/child test/parent 1 5 SELECT * FROM information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN_COLS; ID FOR_COL_NAME REF_COL_NAME POS test/fk_4 a2 b 0 SET foreign_key_checks = 1; DROP TABLE child; DROP TABLE parent; CREATE TABLE parent (a INT PRIMARY KEY, b INT NOT NULL) ENGINE = InnoDB; INSERT INTO parent VALUES(1,2),(2,3); CREATE INDEX tb ON parent(b); INSERT INTO parent VALUES(10,20),(20,30); CREATE TABLE child (a1 INT PRIMARY KEY, a2 INT) ENGINE = InnoDB; CREATE INDEX tb ON child(a2); SET foreign_key_checks = 0; ALTER TABLE child CHANGE a2 a3 INT, ADD CONSTRAINT fk_1 FOREIGN KEY (a2) REFERENCES parent(b) ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE, ALGORITHM = INPLACE; ERROR 42000: Key column 'a2' doesn't exist in table ALTER TABLE child CHANGE a2 a3 INT, ADD CONSTRAINT fk_1 FOREIGN KEY (a3) REFERENCES parent(b) ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE, ALGORITHM = INPLACE; DROP TABLE child; DROP TABLE parent; CREATE TABLE parent (a INT PRIMARY KEY, b INT NOT NULL) ENGINE = InnoDB; INSERT INTO parent VALUES(1,2),(2,3); CREATE INDEX tb ON parent(b); INSERT INTO parent VALUES(10,20),(20,30); CREATE TABLE child (a1 INT NOT NULL, a2 INT) ENGINE = InnoDB; CREATE INDEX tb ON child(a2); SET foreign_key_checks = 0; SET DEBUG_DBUG = '+d,innodb_test_cannot_add_fk_system'; ALTER TABLE child ADD PRIMARY KEY idx (a3), CHANGE a1 a3 INT, ADD CONSTRAINT fk_1 FOREIGN KEY (a2) REFERENCES parent(b) ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE, ALGORITHM = INPLACE; ERROR HY000: Failed to add the foreign key constraint 'test/fk_1' to system tables SET DEBUG_DBUG = @saved_debug_dbug; SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN; ID FOR_NAME REF_NAME N_COLS TYPE SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN_COLS; ID FOR_COL_NAME REF_COL_NAME POS SELECT t2.name, t1.name FROM information_schema.innodb_sys_columns t1, information_schema.innodb_sys_tables t2 WHERE t1.table_id = t2.table_id AND t2.name LIKE "%child" ORDER BY t1.name; name name test/child a1 test/child a2 SELECT NAME FROM information_schema.INNODB_SYS_TABLES; NAME SYS_DATAFILES SYS_FOREIGN SYS_FOREIGN_COLS SYS_TABLESPACES SYS_VIRTUAL mysql/innodb_index_stats mysql/innodb_table_stats mysql/transaction_registry test/child test/parent ALTER TABLE child ADD PRIMARY KEY idx (a3), CHANGE a1 a3 INT, ADD CONSTRAINT fk_1 FOREIGN KEY (a2) REFERENCES parent(b) ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE, ALGORITHM = INPLACE; Warnings: Warning 1280 Name 'idx' ignored for PRIMARY key. SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN; ID FOR_NAME REF_NAME N_COLS TYPE test/fk_1 test/child test/parent 1 6 SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN_COLS; ID FOR_COL_NAME REF_COL_NAME POS test/fk_1 a2 b 0 SELECT t2.name, t1.name FROM information_schema.innodb_sys_columns t1, information_schema.innodb_sys_tables t2 WHERE t1.table_id = t2.table_id AND t2.name LIKE "%child" ORDER BY t1.name; name name test/child a2 test/child a3 SELECT NAME FROM information_schema.INNODB_SYS_TABLES; NAME SYS_DATAFILES SYS_FOREIGN SYS_FOREIGN_COLS SYS_TABLESPACES SYS_VIRTUAL mysql/innodb_index_stats mysql/innodb_table_stats mysql/transaction_registry test/child test/parent SHOW CREATE TABLE child; Table Create Table child CREATE TABLE `child` ( `a3` int(11) NOT NULL, `a2` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`a3`), KEY `tb` (`a2`), CONSTRAINT `fk_1` FOREIGN KEY (`a2`) REFERENCES `parent` (`b`) ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 DROP TABLE child; CREATE TABLE child (a1 INT NOT NULL, a2 INT) ENGINE = InnoDB; ALTER TABLE child ADD PRIMARY KEY idx (a1), ADD CONSTRAINT fk_1 FOREIGN KEY (a2) REFERENCES parent(b) ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE, ALGORITHM = INPLACE; Warnings: Warning 1280 Name 'idx' ignored for PRIMARY key. SELECT * from information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN; ID FOR_NAME REF_NAME N_COLS TYPE test/fk_1 test/child test/parent 1 6 SELECT * from information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN_COLS; ID FOR_COL_NAME REF_COL_NAME POS test/fk_1 a2 b 0 SELECT t2.name, t1.name FROM information_schema.innodb_sys_columns t1, information_schema.innodb_sys_tables t2 WHERE t1.table_id = t2.table_id AND t2.name LIKE "%child" ORDER BY t1.name; name name test/child a1 test/child a2 SELECT NAME FROM information_schema.INNODB_SYS_TABLES; NAME SYS_DATAFILES SYS_FOREIGN SYS_FOREIGN_COLS SYS_TABLESPACES SYS_VIRTUAL mysql/innodb_index_stats mysql/innodb_table_stats mysql/transaction_registry test/child test/parent SHOW CREATE TABLE child; Table Create Table child CREATE TABLE `child` ( `a1` int(11) NOT NULL, `a2` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`a1`), KEY `fk_1` (`a2`), CONSTRAINT `fk_1` FOREIGN KEY (`a2`) REFERENCES `parent` (`b`) ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 DROP TABLE child; CREATE TABLE child (a1 INT NOT NULL, a2 INT) ENGINE = InnoDB; ALTER TABLE child CHANGE a1 a3 INT, ADD CONSTRAINT fk_1 FOREIGN KEY (a3) REFERENCES parent(b) ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE, ALGORITHM = INPLACE; SELECT * from information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN; ID FOR_NAME REF_NAME N_COLS TYPE test/fk_1 test/child test/parent 1 6 SELECT * from information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN_COLS; ID FOR_COL_NAME REF_COL_NAME POS test/fk_1 a3 b 0 SELECT t2.name, t1.name FROM information_schema.innodb_sys_columns t1, information_schema.innodb_sys_tables t2 WHERE t1.table_id = t2.table_id AND t2.name LIKE "%child" ORDER BY t1.name; name name test/child a2 test/child a3 SELECT NAME FROM information_schema.INNODB_SYS_TABLES; NAME SYS_DATAFILES SYS_FOREIGN SYS_FOREIGN_COLS SYS_TABLESPACES SYS_VIRTUAL mysql/innodb_index_stats mysql/innodb_table_stats mysql/transaction_registry test/child test/parent SHOW CREATE TABLE child; Table Create Table child CREATE TABLE `child` ( `a3` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `a2` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, KEY `fk_1` (`a3`), CONSTRAINT `fk_1` FOREIGN KEY (`a3`) REFERENCES `parent` (`b`) ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 DROP TABLE child; CREATE TABLE child (a1 INT NOT NULL, a2 INT) ENGINE = InnoDB; ALTER TABLE child ADD PRIMARY KEY idx (a3), CHANGE a1 a3 INT, ADD CONSTRAINT fk_1 FOREIGN KEY (a3) REFERENCES parent(b) ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE, ALGORITHM = INPLACE; ERROR HY000: Failed to add the foreign key constraint on table 'child'. Incorrect options in FOREIGN KEY constraint 'test/fk_1' DROP TABLE parent; DROP TABLE child; CREATE TABLE parent (a INT PRIMARY KEY, b INT NOT NULL, c INT) ENGINE = InnoDB; INSERT INTO parent VALUES(1,2,3),(2,3,4); CREATE INDEX tb ON parent(b); CREATE TABLE child (a1 INT NOT NULL, a2 INT, a3 INT) ENGINE = InnoDB; CREATE INDEX tb ON child(a2); ALTER TABLE child ADD CONSTRAINT fk_a FOREIGN KEY (a2) REFERENCES parent(b) ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE, ALGORITHM = INPLACE; ALTER TABLE child ADD CONSTRAINT fk_b FOREIGN KEY (a1) REFERENCES parent(a), ALGORITHM = INPLACE; ALTER TABLE child CHANGE a2 a2_new INT, CHANGE a1 a1_new INT; SHOW CREATE TABLE child; Table Create Table child CREATE TABLE `child` ( `a1_new` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `a2_new` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `a3` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, KEY `tb` (`a2_new`), KEY `fk_b` (`a1_new`), CONSTRAINT `fk_a` FOREIGN KEY (`a2_new`) REFERENCES `parent` (`b`) ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE, CONSTRAINT `fk_b` FOREIGN KEY (`a1_new`) REFERENCES `parent` (`a`) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 SELECT * from information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN; ID FOR_NAME REF_NAME N_COLS TYPE test/fk_a test/child test/parent 1 6 test/fk_b test/child test/parent 1 0 SELECT * from information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN_COLS; ID FOR_COL_NAME REF_COL_NAME POS test/fk_a a2_new b 0 test/fk_b a1_new a 0 ALTER TABLE child ADD CONSTRAINT fk_new_1 FOREIGN KEY (a1_new) REFERENCES parent(b), ADD CONSTRAINT fk_new_2 FOREIGN KEY (a2_new) REFERENCES parent(a), ADD CONSTRAINT fk_new_3 FOREIGN KEY (a3) REFERENCES parent(c), ALGORITHM = INPLACE; ERROR HY000: Failed to add the foreign key constaint. Missing index for constraint 'fk_new_3' in the referenced table 'parent' SHOW CREATE TABLE child; Table Create Table child CREATE TABLE `child` ( `a1_new` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `a2_new` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `a3` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, KEY `tb` (`a2_new`), KEY `fk_b` (`a1_new`), CONSTRAINT `fk_a` FOREIGN KEY (`a2_new`) REFERENCES `parent` (`b`) ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE, CONSTRAINT `fk_b` FOREIGN KEY (`a1_new`) REFERENCES `parent` (`a`) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 SELECT * from information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN; ID FOR_NAME REF_NAME N_COLS TYPE test/fk_a test/child test/parent 1 6 test/fk_b test/child test/parent 1 0 SELECT * from information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN_COLS; ID FOR_COL_NAME REF_COL_NAME POS test/fk_a a2_new b 0 test/fk_b a1_new a 0 ALTER TABLE child ADD CONSTRAINT fk_new_1 FOREIGN KEY (a1_new) REFERENCES parent(b), ADD CONSTRAINT fk_new_2 FOREIGN KEY (a2_new) REFERENCES parent(a), ADD CONSTRAINT fk_new_3 FOREIGN KEY (a3) REFERENCES parent(a), ALGORITHM = INPLACE; SHOW CREATE TABLE child; Table Create Table child CREATE TABLE `child` ( `a1_new` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `a2_new` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `a3` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, KEY `tb` (`a2_new`), KEY `fk_new_1` (`a1_new`), KEY `fk_new_3` (`a3`), CONSTRAINT `fk_a` FOREIGN KEY (`a2_new`) REFERENCES `parent` (`b`) ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE, CONSTRAINT `fk_b` FOREIGN KEY (`a1_new`) REFERENCES `parent` (`a`), CONSTRAINT `fk_new_1` FOREIGN KEY (`a1_new`) REFERENCES `parent` (`b`), CONSTRAINT `fk_new_2` FOREIGN KEY (`a2_new`) REFERENCES `parent` (`a`), CONSTRAINT `fk_new_3` FOREIGN KEY (`a3`) REFERENCES `parent` (`a`) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 SELECT * from information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN; ID FOR_NAME REF_NAME N_COLS TYPE test/fk_a test/child test/parent 1 6 test/fk_b test/child test/parent 1 0 test/fk_new_1 test/child test/parent 1 0 test/fk_new_2 test/child test/parent 1 0 test/fk_new_3 test/child test/parent 1 0 SELECT * from information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN_COLS; ID FOR_COL_NAME REF_COL_NAME POS test/fk_a a2_new b 0 test/fk_b a1_new a 0 test/fk_new_1 a1_new b 0 test/fk_new_2 a2_new a 0 test/fk_new_3 a3 a 0 DROP TABLE child; CREATE TABLE child (a1 INT NOT NULL, a2 INT, a3 INT) ENGINE = InnoDB; CREATE INDEX tb ON child(a2); ALTER TABLE child ADD PRIMARY KEY idx (a1), ADD CONSTRAINT fk_new_1 FOREIGN KEY (a1) REFERENCES parent(b), ADD CONSTRAINT fk_new_2 FOREIGN KEY (a2) REFERENCES parent(a), ADD CONSTRAINT fk_new_3 FOREIGN KEY (a3) REFERENCES parent(c), ALGORITHM = INPLACE; ERROR HY000: Failed to add the foreign key constaint. Missing index for constraint 'fk_new_3' in the referenced table 'parent' SHOW CREATE TABLE child; Table Create Table child CREATE TABLE `child` ( `a1` int(11) NOT NULL, `a2` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `a3` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, KEY `tb` (`a2`) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 SELECT * from information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN; ID FOR_NAME REF_NAME N_COLS TYPE SELECT * from information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN_COLS; ID FOR_COL_NAME REF_COL_NAME POS ALTER TABLE child ADD PRIMARY KEY idx (a1), ADD CONSTRAINT fk_new_1 FOREIGN KEY (a1) REFERENCES parent(b), ADD CONSTRAINT fk_new_2 FOREIGN KEY (a2) REFERENCES parent(a), ADD CONSTRAINT fk_new_3 FOREIGN KEY (a3) REFERENCES parent(a), ALGORITHM = INPLACE; Warnings: Warning 1280 Name 'idx' ignored for PRIMARY key. SHOW CREATE TABLE child; Table Create Table child CREATE TABLE `child` ( `a1` int(11) NOT NULL, `a2` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `a3` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`a1`), KEY `tb` (`a2`), KEY `fk_new_3` (`a3`), CONSTRAINT `fk_new_1` FOREIGN KEY (`a1`) REFERENCES `parent` (`b`), CONSTRAINT `fk_new_2` FOREIGN KEY (`a2`) REFERENCES `parent` (`a`), CONSTRAINT `fk_new_3` FOREIGN KEY (`a3`) REFERENCES `parent` (`a`) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 SELECT * from information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN; ID FOR_NAME REF_NAME N_COLS TYPE test/fk_new_1 test/child test/parent 1 0 test/fk_new_2 test/child test/parent 1 0 test/fk_new_3 test/child test/parent 1 0 SELECT * from information_schema.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN_COLS; ID FOR_COL_NAME REF_COL_NAME POS test/fk_new_1 a1 b 0 test/fk_new_2 a2 a 0 test/fk_new_3 a3 a 0 SET foreign_key_checks = 1; DROP TABLE child; DROP TABLE parent; CREATE TABLE Parent (a INT PRIMARY KEY, b INT NOT NULL) ENGINE = InnoDB; INSERT INTO Parent VALUES(1,2),(2,3); CREATE INDEX tb ON Parent(b); INSERT INTO Parent VALUES(10,20),(20,30); CREATE TABLE Child (a1 INT PRIMARY KEY, a2 INT) ENGINE = InnoDB; CREATE INDEX tb ON Child(a2); INSERT INTO Child VALUES(10,20); SET foreign_key_checks = 0; ALTER TABLE Child ADD CONSTRAINT fk_1 FOREIGN KEY (a2) REFERENCES Parent(b) ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE, ALGORITHM = INPLACE; DROP TABLE Child; DROP TABLE Parent; CREATE TABLE `t2`(a int,c int,d int) ENGINE=INNODB; CREATE TABLE `t3`(a int,c int,d int) ENGINE=INNODB; CREATE INDEX idx ON t3(a); ALTER TABLE `t2` ADD CONSTRAINT `fw` FOREIGN KEY (`c`) REFERENCES t3 (a); ALTER TABLE `t2` ADD CONSTRAINT `e` foreign key (`d`) REFERENCES t3(a); ALTER TABLE `t3` ADD CONSTRAINT `e` foreign key (`c`) REFERENCES `t2`(`c`) ON UPDATE SET NULL; ERROR HY000: Failed to add the foreign key constraint 'test/e' to system tables SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN; ID FOR_NAME REF_NAME N_COLS TYPE test/e test/t2 test/t3 1 0 test/fw test/t2 test/t3 1 0 SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.INNODB_SYS_FOREIGN_COLS; ID FOR_COL_NAME REF_COL_NAME POS test/e d a 0 test/fw c a 0 DROP TABLE t2; DROP TABLE t3;