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MySQL Error – Cannot add foreign key constraint

I know this question has been asked several times but it seemed like the problem was due to different data types between parent and child rows. In my case, the data types are the same but I’m still getting the error. Here’s my code Where DORM_COSTS’ foreign key cannot be added. Thanks! Answe…

MySQL return total COUNT of each value in a column

I have a table of jobseekers with three columns Each jobseeker could have different hiring status for each employer depending on the interview. Now I want to return the COUNT of each total HIRING STATUS But it should only count the jobseeker’s highest hiring status. Say that John was ranked as QUALIFIED…

Add auto_increment feature to a primary key

I have a problem related to sql language. I am trying to add the auto_increment features to a pre-existing row with the primary key attribute. What I get back is : Error Code: 1833. Cannot change column ‘ODB_ID’: used in a foreign key constraint target_ibfk of table ‘test3.target’. The…