#1146 - Table 'phpmyadmin.pma__tracking' doesn't exist

Question

Having a problem opening any of my databases in phpMyadmin I tried deleting a lot of old, irrelevant databases and may have in the process deleted something I shouldn\'t hav

Answer 1

I had this issue when I switched from mysql to maraidb. The solution was to do the following, run the create tables script from the console.

Get to the terminal

   $ mysql -uroot -padmin

Then import the create phpmyadmin db and tables script, I got it from Oldskool's answer above. (READ it before running it)

 MariaDB [(none)]> source create_tables_phpmyadmin.sql;
 Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

 Database changed
 Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.02 sec)
 ...

In case of exists error you may clear your previous phpmyadmin db that you had tried adding.

Answer 2

I had this problem after installed XAMPP. I did the following:

1. In /opt/lampp/bin1 use ./mysql_upgrade -u root with option -p if you use a password.
2. In /opt/lampp/var/mysql/phpmyadmin rm all *.ibd files.
3. Import create_tables.sql in phpMyAdmin GUI or run it in console.

Answer 3

All the phpMyAdmin tables are defined in the SQL dump that comes with the package in sql/create_tables.sql. You can import that file in it's entirety (will also re-create any other tables you might have dropped) or just create the missing table by running this query:

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `pma__tracking` (
  `db_name` varchar(64) NOT NULL,
  `table_name` varchar(64) NOT NULL,
  `version` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
  `date_created` datetime NOT NULL,
  `date_updated` datetime NOT NULL,
  `schema_snapshot` text NOT NULL,
  `schema_sql` text,
  `data_sql` longtext,
  `tracking` set('UPDATE','REPLACE','INSERT','DELETE','TRUNCATE','CREATE DATABASE','ALTER DATABASE','DROP DATABASE','CREATE TABLE','ALTER TABLE','RENAME TABLE','DROP TABLE','CREATE INDEX','DROP INDEX','CREATE VIEW','ALTER VIEW','DROP VIEW') default NULL,
  `tracking_active` int(1) unsigned NOT NULL default '1',
  PRIMARY KEY  (`db_name`,`table_name`,`version`)
)
  COMMENT='Database changes tracking for phpMyAdmin'
  DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;

Switch to the phpmyadmin database. You can then use the "SQL" tab to execute this query directly on the database.

Answer 4

Had similar problem.

I created pma__ tables in my project db by clicking something in operations tab of that db.

Then I deleted my db, created new with the same name and got "table does not exist" problem.

Fixed it by executing modified sql/create_table.sql on my db. Had to delete phpmyadmin db creation and use from there.