MYSQL: Error: Cannot add or update a child row: a foreign key constraint fails

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Hi all,

Using MySQL on Windows OS, and am getting an error upon attempting to create a foreign key between two tables:

CREATE TABLE tf_traffic_stats  ( 
domain_name     char(100) NOT NULL,
session_count   int(11) NULL,
search_count    int(11) NULL,
click_count     int(11) NULL,
revenue         float NULL,
rpm             float NULL,
cpc             float NULL,
traffic_date    date NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00',
PRIMARY KEY(domain_name,traffic_date))

and

CREATE TABLE td_domain_name  ( 
domain_id   int(10) UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL,
domain_name char(100) NOT NULL,
update_date date NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY(domain_id))

The following statement gives me the error present in the subject line (cannot add or update a child row: a foreign key constraint fails):

ALTER TABLE td_domain_name
ADD CONSTRAINT FK_domain_name
FOREIGN KEY(domain_name)
REFERENCES tf_traffic_stats(domain_name)
ON DELETE RESTRICT 
     ON UPDATE RESTRICT

Can someone point me in the right direction of what may be causing the error. I also have a foreign key referencing td_domain_name.domain_id, but I don't think this should be interfering...

Appreciate it!

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