Tables

[keharris53]

Hello,

Running 3.8.4. My vB tables show about twenty tables that I deleted via phpmyadmin. The tables were from a failed app integration that failed the first time. I deleted those tables, but when I was checking tables in vB, I see they are still there. I ran optimize/repair thinking that might correct the issue, but didn't. What do I need to do to remove them from vB? Thanks.

[Lynne]

how did you try to delete them before - exactly what query did you run? And after you ran it, did it actually say the query was run successfully?

[keharris53]

Hello Lynne,

I went into phpmyadmin and dropped the tables, then uninstalled the associated application. I thought that would also drop the tables in vBulletin, but apparently not. I'm not sure what the next step is. Thanks.

Ken

[Lynne]

Usually uninstalling the product will uninstall the tables - you should not be doing that manually.

Do you still see the tables in phpMyAdmin? How about going to the correct directory on your server - do you see the there?

[HMBeaty]

Just a thought, but you may also be able to re-import the product, and set allow overwrite to yes, then uninstall the product itself without going into phpmyadmin and should completely uninstall.

[keharris53]

Thanks for the feedback, it's much appreciated. Don't know why I didn't consider the server directory. My MySQL db is on a separate server, however, I do have a MySQL directory where I have access to the vB tables. I located the tables in question in that directory and deleted them. I then went into the vB Maintenance/backup database and the tables are no longer there. Too easy. In answer to one of the questions, the tables were were no longer in phpmyadmin after I had dropped them. Again, thank you.
Ken