This is my request:
create table if not exists applications (
idResearch int not null,
idProf char(10) not null,
primary key (idResearch, idProf),
foreign key (idResearch) references research(idResearch),
foreign key (idProf) references professor(idProf)
);
and this is the table:
INSERT INTO `university`.`applications` (`idResearch`, `idProf`) VALUES ('10', '123456789');
INSERT INTO `university`.`applications` (`idResearch`, `idProf`) VALUES ('10', '432156789');
INSERT INTO `university`.`applications` (`idResearch`, `idProf`) VALUES ('10', '789654321');
INSERT INTO `university`.`applications` (`idResearch`, `idProf`) VALUES ('11', '876098432');
INSERT INTO `university`.`applications` (`idResearch`, `idProf`) VALUES ('11', '234567890');
INSERT INTO `university`.`applications` (`idResearch`, `idProf`) VALUES ('12', '432156789');
INSERT INTO `university`.`applications` (`idResearch`, `idProf`) VALUES ('12', '789654321');
INSERT INTO `university`.`applications` (`idResearch`, `idProf`) VALUES ('13', '876098432');
INSERT INTO `university`.`applications` (`idResearch`, `idProf`) VALUES ('14', '876098432');
INSERT INTO `university`.`applications` (`idResearch`, `idProf`) VALUES ('14', '987654321');
INSERT INTO `university`.`applications` (`idResearch`, `idProf`) VALUES ('15', '432156789');
INSERT INTO `university`.`applications` (`idResearch`, `idProf`) VALUES ('16', '123456789');
INSERT INTO `university`.`applications` (`idResearch`, `idProf`) VALUES ('16', '432156789');
INSERT INTO `university`.`applications` (`idResearch`, `idProf`) VALUES ('16', '789654321');
INSERT INTO `university`.`applications` (`idResearch`, `idProf`) VALUES ('17', '789654321');
INSERT INTO `university`.`applications` (`idResearch`, `idProf`) VALUES ('17', '432156789');
15:26:13 create a table if there are no applications (idResearch int not null, idProf char (10) not null, primary key (idResearch, idProf), foreign key (idResearch) links research (idResearch), foreign key (idProf) refer professor (idProf)) Error code: 1215. Unable to add foreign key constraint 0.109 sec