Schrödingers MySQL table: exists, yet it does not

Question

I am having the weirdest error of all.

Sometimes, when creating or altering tables, I get the \'table already exists\' error. However, DROP TABLE returns \'#1051 - u

Answer 1

If will are stock with this error 1051 and you only want to delete the database and import this again do this steps and all gonna be just fine....

in Unix envoriment AS root:

• rm -rf /var/lib/mysql/YOUR_DATABASE;
• OPTIONAL -> mysql_upgrade --force
• mysqlcheck -uUSER -pPASS YOUR_DATABASE
• mysqladmin -uUSER -pPASS drop YOUR_DATABASE
• mysqladmin -uUSER -pPASS create YOUR_DATABASE
• mysql -uUSER -pPASS YOUR_DATABASE < IMPORT_FILE

Regards, Christus