CREATE TABLE t1 ( id INT NOT NULL, title TEXT, PRIMARY KEY (id), FULLTEXT KEY (title), FOREIGN KEY (id) REFERENCES t2 (id) ) ENGINE=InnoDB; ERROR HY000: Failed to open the referenced table 't2' CREATE TABLE t1 ( id INT NOT NULL, title TEXT, PRIMARY KEY (id) ) ENGINE=InnoDB; ALTER TABLE t1 ADD FULLTEXT KEY (title), ADD FOREIGN KEY (id) REFERENCES t2 (id); ERROR HY000: Failed to open the referenced table 't2' SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0; ALTER TABLE t1 ADD FULLTEXT KEY (title), ADD FOREIGN KEY (id) REFERENCES t2 (id); Warnings: Warning 124 InnoDB rebuilding table to add column FTS_DOC_ID DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 ( id INT NOT NULL, title TEXT, PRIMARY KEY (id), FULLTEXT KEY (title), FOREIGN KEY (id) REFERENCES t2 (id) ) ENGINE=InnoDB; DROP TABLE t1; SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 1;