PMA Database ... not OK in phpMyAdmin upgrade - mysql

Question

I have just been wrangling with phpMyAdmin and MySQL server on my Win8 PC IIS localhost (there was no connection between these, which I think was due to MySQL service not starting so I reinstalled MySQL and reran the config setup and reestablished a connection between them, which fixed that).
However phpMyAdmin advised an update which I did by overwriting the files with the new version and including the previous config file.
I now have:
The phpMyAdmin configuration storage is not completely configured, some extended features have been deactivated. To find out why click here.
and on clicking I get
PMA Database ... not OK [ Documentation ]
General relation features Disabled
When I click the link I get a http 404 page which gives this:
Physical path C:\inetpub\wwwroot\phpMyAdmin\pmadb
So what is the pmadb in phpMyAdmin and should I be bothered by this? As it stands I'm a bit fed up at having to have had to spend time tweaking all of this (ie it has not been a smooth trouble free event/install). Is it some DB for the old version or what? I do not think I created it!
I do not feel very bothered by this as hopefully I can setup my databases for my localhost IIS websites and press on with my webdeverry(!) but I don't really like having this unknown error and wouldn't mind fixing it/getting rid of it.

Answer 1

There are a few google links on this same issue that I have followed that have helped me fix this (I should have spent more time googling before posting!). So to solve the problem I needed to create a phpmyadmin database and import create_tables.sql and assign a new user with full privileges and then uncomment the config.inc.php file at:
/* User used to manipulate with storage */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlhost'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] = 'phpmyadmin';
and uncomment lines below
/* Storage database and tables */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] = 'phpmyadmin';
I also needed to add some lines from the new version config.sample.inc
There was a good link describing this I wanted to save but I had to clear my browser cache to reload localhost/phpMyAdmin and in doing so I lost my history & that link!
I know this explanation is not exactly described but I hope it may help anyone else who gets a similar issue after updating phpMyAdmin. I'm still not sure what all these features do but it is all fixed now, thanks!

Answer 2

As I'm not very good in English I used google translator, so any error I'm sorry ;)
Hello, I had this same problem and the solution:
After setting all phpmmyadmin, you need to run the file "create_tables" in the phpmyadmin sql console itself, found at: phpmyadmin\sql\create_tables.sql
After creating it you need to configure the file "config.inc", found on the phpmyadmin folder.
In it you include the following information equal to file "config.sample.inc" which is an example.
/* User used to manipulate with storage */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlhost'] = 'localhost';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] = 'user';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] = 'password';
/* Storage database and tables */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] = 'phpmyadmin';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['bookmarktable'] = 'pma__bookmark';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['relation'] = 'pma__relation';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_info'] = 'pma__table_info';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_coords'] = 'pma__table_coords';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf_pages'] = 'pma__pdf_pages';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['column_info'] = 'pma__column_info';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['history'] = 'pma__history';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_uiprefs'] = 'pma__table_uiprefs';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking'] = 'pma__tracking';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['designer_coords'] = 'pma__designer_coords';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['userconfig'] = 'pma__userconfig';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['recent'] = 'pma__recent';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['users'] = 'pma__users';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['usergroups'] = 'pma__usergroups';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['navigationhiding'] = 'pma__navigationhiding';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['savedsearches'] = 'pma__savedsearches';
Edit : ( suggested by #Greeso )
For new versions, you should also add :
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['designer_settings'] = 'pma__designer_settings';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['export_templates'] = 'pma__export_templates';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['central_columns'] = 'pma__central_columns';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['favorite'] = 'pma__favorite';
Done, exit and reenter the session.

Answer 3

Quick fixing script that does the job in one command:
curl -O -k https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skurudo/phpmyadmin-fixer/master/pma.sh && chmod +x pma.sh && ./pma.sh
Read through the actual code in this repo link

Answer 4

I have found that there is another cause for this issue. If when you create the pmauser for phpmyadmin to use, if you forget to assign that user rights to the schema that permit modifying the phpmyadmin database, you'll get the same messages. The good news is that if you've logged in with root or similar privileges, you can just allow the pmauser to have select, insert, delete on the phpmyadmin schema and the problem should be fixed.

Answer 5

This will reinstall phpmyadmin:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure phpmyadmin
Original post

Answer 6

A bunch of years later, to anyone looking for how to just remove this annoying message and not enable the functionality, just add this line to your config:
$cfg['PmaNoRelation_DisableWarning'] = true;

Answer 7

For me the db phpmyadmin was missing, you can find the file create_tables.sql inside the phpmyadmin installation in the sql/ directory. You can use this file to rebuild your table.
From the command line, you can import that sql file.
# mysql -u root < create_tables.sql
Be careful this will probably overrwrite your data, dont run it until you move your old phpmyadmin table, if you have one intact already.