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Why is MySQL error 1146 error does not exist?
I encountered the same problem today. I was trying to create a table users, and was prompted that ERROR 1146 (42S02): Table users doesn’t exist, which did not make any sense, because I was just trying to create the table!!
Why does MySQL say table users does not exist?
I was trying to create a table users, and was prompted that ERROR 1146 (42S02): Table users doesn’t exist, which did not make any sense, because I was just trying to create the table!! I then tried to drop the table by typing DROP TABLE users, knowing it would fail because it did not exist, and I got an error, saying Unknown table users.
Why is MySQL unable to create a new table?
You can get more information by checking the error log. (See the MySQL docs here ). Possibly, you have an orphaned table. If so, the solution is to create a table of the same name in a different database, then copy the .frm file to the current database. Then you can DROP the table, and a subsequent CREATE should then succeed.
What causes a table to not exist in InnoDB?
Improperly placed .frm files – In InnoDB, tables have ‘.frm’ files that define the table format. If these files get deleted or were missed to copy over to the proper database directory, then the tables can show errors.
Are there any issues connecting to source databases?
Potential issues associated with connecting to a source SQL Server database and how to address them are provided in the following table. SQL connection failed. A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible.
Why does MySQL throw the code 1146 when the database is corrupt?
If the ownership and access permissions are not right and MySQL is not able to access this directory path then the MySQL code 1146 will be thrown. Tables of MySQL database can get corrupt due to several reasons like improper server shutdown, incomplete queries, user abuse, wrong formats etc.
How to stop MySQL from creating new table?
In short, try DROP whatever table you are creating, and CREATE it again. As pprakash mentions above, copying the table.frm files AND the ibdata1 file was what worked for me. Shut your DB explorer client (e.g. Workbench). Stop the MySQL service (Windows host).