ERROR: Error 1005: Can't create table (errno: 121)
I searched quickly for you, and it brought me here. I quote:
You will get this message if you're trying to add a constraint with a name that's already used somewhere else
To check constraints use the following SQL query:
SELECT
constraint_name,
table_name
FROM
information_schema.table_constraints
WHERE
constraint_type = 'FOREIGN KEY'
AND table_schema = DATABASE()
ORDER BY
constraint_name;
Look for more information there, or try to see where the error occurs. Looks like a problem with a foreign key to me.
Foreign Key Constraint Names Have to be Unique Within a Database
Both @Dorvalla’s answer and this blog post mentioned above pointed me into the right direction to fix the problem for myself; quoting from the latter:
If the table you're trying to create includes a foreign key constraint, and you've provided your own name for that constraint, remember that it must be unique within the database.
I wasn’t aware of that. I have changed my foreign key constraint names according to the following schema which appears to be used by Ruby on Rails applications, too:
<TABLE_NAME>_<FOREIGN_KEY_COLUMN_NAME>_fk
For the OP’s table this would be Link_lession_id_fk
, for example.
You can login to mysql and type
mysql> SHOW INNODB STATUS\G
You will have all the output and you should have a better idea of what the error is.