As you can see, it is clearly showing up but I cannot do anything
with it.
mysql> show tables;
+---------------------+
| Tables_in_horsewiki |
+---------------------+
| archive |
| categorylinks |
| externallinks |
| hitcounter |
| horse_archive |
| horse_categorylinks |
| horse_externallinks |
| horse_hitcounter |
| horse_image |
| horse_imagelinks |
| horse_interwiki |
| horse_ipblocks |
| horse_job |
| horse_logging |
| horse_math |
| horse_objectcache |
| horse_oldimage |
| horse_page |
| horse_pagelinks |
| horse_querycache |
| horse_recentchanges |
| horse_revision |
| horse_searchindex |
| horse_site_stats |
| horse_templatelinks |
| horse_text |
| horse_trackbacks |
| horse_transcache |
| horse_user |
| horse_user_groups |
| horse_user_newtalk |
| horse_validate |
| horse_watchlist |
| image |
| imagelinks |
| interwiki |
| ipblocks |
| job |
| logging |
| math |
| objectcache |
| oldimage |
| page |
| pagelinks |
| querycache |
| recentchanges |
| revision |
| searchindex |
| site_stats |
| templatelinks |
| text |
| trackbacks |
| transcache |
| user |
| user_groups |
| user_newtalk |
| validate |
| watchlist |
+---------------------+
58 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> SELECT * FROM archive LIMIT 1;
ERROR 1146 (42S02): Table 'horsewiki.archive' doesn't exist
mysql> drop table archive;
ERROR 1051 (42S02): Unknown table 'archive'
Dan Buettner wrote:
> Michael, is the 'archive' table present in your database? e.g., if
> you do a 'LIST TABLES', does it show up? What happens if you do a
> "SELECT * FROM archive LIMIT 1" ?
>
> I'd hazard a guess that you may have a table definition file with no
> actual table data files, if you're on MyISAM tables.
>
> If you don't need the archive table, can you DROP it successfully?
>
> Dan
>
>
> On 10/16/06, mdpeters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I am having a devil of a time moving a database from one server to
>> another. My database is one that is in production to support the
>> mediawiki wiki application. This is a Solaris Sparc 10 system
using the
>> mysql-max-5.0.20a-solaris10-sparc version. My database name is
>> horsewiki.
>>
>> I execute this:
>> # mysqldump --user root --password=password horsewiki > horsewiki.sql
>> and get this:
>> mysqldump: Got error: 1146: Table 'horsewiki.archive' doesn't
exist when
>> using LOCK TABLES
>>
>> I have tried using phpMyAdmin-2.9.0.2. It seems to let me export the
>> database to an SQL file. When I attempt to import it on the other
>> system, I get this:
>> ++++++++
>> Error
>>
>> There seems to be an error in your SQL query. The MySQL server error
>> output below, if there is any, may also help you in diagnosing the
>> problem
>>
>> ERROR: Unknown Punctuation String @ 494
>> STR: />
>> SQL: -- phpMyAdmin SQL Dump
>> -- version 2.9.0.2
>> -- http://www.phpmyadmin.net
>> --
>> -- Host: localhost
>> -- Generation Time: Oct 16, 2006 at 10:00 AM
>> -- Server version: 5.0.20
>> -- PHP Version: 5.1.6
>> --
>> -- Database: `horsewiki`
>> --
>> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
>> "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd";>
>> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; xml:lang="en" lang="en"
>> dir="ltr">
>> <head>
>> <link rel="icon" href="./favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
>> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="./favicon.ico"
>> type="image/x-icon" />
>> <title>phpMyAdmin</title>
>> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
>> charset=utf-8" />
>> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
>>
href="./css/phpmyadmin.css.php?token=7c73a56802fc2e39fe41180d721&js_frame=right"
>>
>> />
>> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
>> href="./css/print.css?token=7c73a56802fc2ee8b4239fe721"
media="print" />
>> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
>> // <![CDATA[
>> // Updates the title of the frameset if possible (ns4 does not
allow
>> this)
>> if (typeof(parent.document) != 'undefined' &&
>> typeof(parent.document) != 'unknown'
>> && typeof(parent.document.title) == 'string') {
>> parent.document.title = 'www.lazarusalliance.com /
localhost /
>> horsewiki / archive | phpMyAdmin 2.9.0.2';
>>
>>
>> SQL query:
>>
>> -- phpMyAdmin SQL Dump -- version 2.9.0.2 --
http://www.phpmyadmin.net
>> -- -- Host: localhost -- Generation Time: Oct 16, 2006 at 10:00 AM --
>> Server version: 5.0.20 -- PHP Version: 5.1.6 -- -- Database:
>> `horsewiki` --
>> ++++++++
>>
>> I have not found a good source to understand what the problem
might be.
>> It does not help that I am such a greenhorn with databases either. I
>> would appreciate any assistance.
>>
>> Michael
>>
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