Can I download the Phpmyadmin Database? - mysql

Question

I accidentally deleted the phpmyadmin database that came with it. Now I'm getting errors like:
SQL query: DocumentationEdit Edit
SELECT `db_name` , `comment`
FROM `phpmyadmin`.`pma_column_info`
WHERE `column_name` = '(db_comment)'
MySQL said: Documentation
#1146 - Table 'phpmyadmin.pma_column_info' doesn't exist
So can I download the database again somewhere? Thanks!

Answer 1

I downloaded the package from their website and extracted the table setup script, you can run the following queries which will re-create the required tables:
-- --------------------------------------------------------
-- SQL Commands to set up the pmadb as described in Documentation.html.
--
-- This file is meant for use with MySQL 5 and above!
--
-- This script expects the user pma to already be existing. If we would put a
-- line here to create him too many users might just use this script and end
-- up with having the same password for the controluser.
--
-- This user "pma" must be defined in config.inc.php (controluser/controlpass)
--
-- Please don't forget to set up the tablenames in config.inc.php
--
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Database : `phpmyadmin`
--
CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `phpmyadmin`
DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;
USE phpmyadmin;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Privileges
--
-- (activate this statement if necessary)
-- GRANT SELECT, INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE ON `phpmyadmin`.* TO
-- 'pma'#localhost;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `pma_bookmark`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `pma_bookmark` (
`id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`dbase` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
`user` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
`label` varchar(255) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL default '',
`query` text NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
)
ENGINE=MyISAM COMMENT='Bookmarks'
DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `pma_column_info`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `pma_column_info` (
`id` int(5) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
`db_name` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
`table_name` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
`column_name` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
`comment` varchar(255) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL default '',
`mimetype` varchar(255) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL default '',
`transformation` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
`transformation_options` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
UNIQUE KEY `db_name` (`db_name`,`table_name`,`column_name`)
)
ENGINE=MyISAM COMMENT='Column information for phpMyAdmin'
DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `pma_history`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `pma_history` (
`id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
`username` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
`db` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
`table` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
`timevalue` timestamp NOT NULL,
`sqlquery` text NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
KEY `username` (`username`,`db`,`table`,`timevalue`)
)
ENGINE=MyISAM COMMENT='SQL history for phpMyAdmin'
DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `pma_pdf_pages`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `pma_pdf_pages` (
`db_name` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
`page_nr` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
`page_descr` varchar(50) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL default '',
PRIMARY KEY (`page_nr`),
KEY `db_name` (`db_name`)
)
ENGINE=MyISAM COMMENT='PDF relation pages for phpMyAdmin'
DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `pma_relation`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `pma_relation` (
`master_db` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
`master_table` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
`master_field` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
`foreign_db` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
`foreign_table` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
`foreign_field` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
PRIMARY KEY (`master_db`,`master_table`,`master_field`),
KEY `foreign_field` (`foreign_db`,`foreign_table`)
)
ENGINE=MyISAM COMMENT='Relation table'
DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `pma_table_coords`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `pma_table_coords` (
`db_name` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
`table_name` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
`pdf_page_number` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
`x` float unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`y` float unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`db_name`,`table_name`,`pdf_page_number`)
)
ENGINE=MyISAM COMMENT='Table coordinates for phpMyAdmin PDF output'
DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `pma_table_info`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `pma_table_info` (
`db_name` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
`table_name` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
`display_field` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
PRIMARY KEY (`db_name`,`table_name`)
)
ENGINE=MyISAM COMMENT='Table information for phpMyAdmin'
DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `pma_designer_coords`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `pma_designer_coords` (
`db_name` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
`table_name` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
`x` INT,
`y` INT,
`v` TINYINT,
`h` TINYINT,
PRIMARY KEY (`db_name`,`table_name`)
)
ENGINE=MyISAM COMMENT='Table coordinates for Designer'
DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `pma_tracking`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `pma_tracking` (
`db_name` varchar(64) collate utf8_bin NOT NULL,
`table_name` varchar(64) collate utf8_bin NOT NULL,
`version` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
`date_created` datetime NOT NULL,
`date_updated` datetime NOT NULL,
`schema_snapshot` text collate utf8_bin NOT NULL,
`schema_sql` text collate utf8_bin,
`data_sql` longtext collate utf8_bin,
`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') collate utf8_bin default NULL,
`tracking_active` int(1) unsigned NOT NULL default '1',
PRIMARY KEY (`db_name`,`table_name`,`version`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_bin ROW_FORMAT=COMPACT;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `pma_userconfig`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `pma_userconfig` (
`username` varchar(64) NOT NULL,
`timevalue` timestamp NOT NULL,
`config_data` text NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`username`)
)
ENGINE=MyISAM COMMENT='User preferences storage for phpMyAdmin'
DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;

Answer 2

By default, the sql to create the phpmyadmin database is in /PhpMyAdminFolder/examples/create_tables.sql, as stated on the documentation (section "phpMyAdmin configuration storage").
There is no need to reinstall it all just for that.