Disclaimer: The following blog post does not try to provide a solution for split-brain situations, and the example provided is for demonstrative purposes only. Inconsistencies resulting from a split-brain scenario might possibly be more complex than the one shown, so do not use the following example as a complete guide.
What is Split-Brain?
A split-brain scenario […]
One of our support customers approached us with the following problem the other day:
Shell
mysql> CREATE TABLE child_table (
`id` int unsigned auto_increment,
`column1` varchar(64) NOT NULL,
parent_id int unsigned NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
CONSTRAINT FOREIGN KEY (parent_id) REFERENCES parent_table (id));
ERROR 1215 (HY000): Cannot add foreign key constraint
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mysql> CREATE TABLE child_table (`id` int unsigned auto_increment,`column1` varchar(64) NOT NULL,parent_id int […]
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During our work in support, we see this again and again: “I try to connect to MySQL and am getting a 1045 error”, and most times it comes accompanied with “…but I am sure my user and password are OK”. So we decided it was worth showing other reasons this error may occur.
MySQL 1045 […]
