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Asked: 2026-05-27T10:40:19+00:00

Environment: Ubuntu 11.10, MySQL 5.1.58 I have a small database with views. When I

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Environment: Ubuntu 11.10, MySQL 5.1.58

I have a small database with views. When I try to dump and restore, I get 

ERROR 1356 (HY000) at line 1693: View 'curation2.condition_reference_qrm_v' references invalid table(s) or column(s) or function(s) or definer/invoker of view lack rights to use them

However, I can connect to the partially-restored database and create the view myself. Therefore, I suspect that the error message results from an issue unrelated to the view itself (but rather how it’s restored, perhaps).

Here’s the simple approach I use to demonstrate the problem:

MYSQL_PWD='xxx' mysqldump -u root --routines -B curation \
| perl -pe 's/`curation`/`curation2`/' \
| MYSQL_PWD='xxx' mysql -u root

There are many other reports online of similar problems. The mysqldump man page has a cryptic note about bugs with backing up views, but it’s written as a historical problem rather than a current one.

So, the question is: Can MySQL reliably restore backups that contain views or not? If it can, how? If not, what do people do as a workaround?

Thanks,
Reece

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  1. Editorial Team

    I found the problem in my case. I’m unsure that it solves similar reports on the web.

    This was fundamentally a permission problem that resulted from trying to copy this database to a new name. Permissions didn’t exist for this user and schema (locus on curation2). I manually added ‘GRANT ALL ON curation2.* TO locus’ (locus is the user reported in the error). After doing this, the above command line worked fine.

    The lesson is that one must manually grant necessary permissions to the destination database and tables when creating a new database.

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