in reply to problem with MySQL Tables

There was a thread in the MySQL lists: NDB_FS appears on the SHOW DATABASES; API command and Re: NDB_FS appears on the SHOW DATABASES; API command and the error related to the fact that the database was stored under a folder which was not itself the name of a database. According to the MySQL engine "folder == database" and if this assumption is broken a similar error as yours is shown.

CountZero

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