if you run migrate:fresh (assuming you have no data you need to keep !! ) then the tables are all dropped rather than rolling back.
This includes the migrations table, which it sounds like is messed up.
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Had a bit of a faux pas and duplicated a migration, renamed it and setup tables but forgot to rename the table , i noticed when i ran migrate and it failed because another table with the name already exists, I changed it to the correct name it should be and ran it again and everything was fine, carried on with forum tutorials.
But now anytime i try to run a migration i get a error relating to that other migration
www@64445eab230f:/var/www$ php artisan migrate:refresh
Rolling back: 2020_03_27_151754_create_activities_table
Rolled back: 2020_03_27_151754_create_activities_table (0.04 seconds)
Rolling back: 2020_03_26_143240_create_favorites_table
Rolled back: 2020_03_26_143240_create_favorites_table (0.05 seconds)
Rolling back: 2020_02_02_222508_create_businesses_contacts_table
Rolled back: 2020_02_02_222508_create_businesses_contacts_table (0.03 seconds)
Rolling back: 2020_02_02_154503_create_contacts_table
Rolled back: 2020_02_02_154503_create_contacts_table (0.06 seconds)
Rolling back: 2020_01_30_200801_create_businesses_table
Rolled back: 2020_01_30_200801_create_businesses_table (0.04 seconds)
Rolling back: 2020_01_24_163656_create_customers_table
Rolled back: 2020_01_24_163656_create_customers_table (0.04 seconds)
Rolling back: 2020_01_02_132824_create_channels_table
Rolled back: 2020_01_02_132824_create_channels_table (0.03 seconds)
Rolling back: 2019_12_05_014216_create_replies_table
Rolled back: 2019_12_05_014216_create_replies_table (0.03 seconds)
Rolling back: 2019_12_05_013741_create_threads_table
Rolled back: 2019_12_05_013741_create_threads_table (0.04 seconds)
Rolling back: 2019_08_19_000000_create_failed_jobs_table
Rolled back: 2019_08_19_000000_create_failed_jobs_table (0.02 seconds)
Rolling back: 2018_08_08_100000_create_telescope_entries_table
Rolled back: 2018_08_08_100000_create_telescope_entries_table (0.12 seconds)
Rolling back: 2014_10_12_100000_create_password_resets_table
Rolled back: 2014_10_12_100000_create_password_resets_table (0.04 seconds)
Rolling back: 2014_10_12_000000_create_users_table
Rolled back: 2014_10_12_000000_create_users_table (0.04 seconds)
Migrating: 2014_10_12_000000_create_users_table
Migrated: 2014_10_12_000000_create_users_table (0.11 seconds)
Migrating: 2014_10_12_100000_create_password_resets_table
Migrated: 2014_10_12_100000_create_password_resets_table (0.11 seconds)
Migrating: 2018_08_08_100000_create_telescope_entries_table
Migrated: 2018_08_08_100000_create_telescope_entries_table (0.66 seconds)
Migrating: 2019_08_19_000000_create_failed_jobs_table
Migrated: 2019_08_19_000000_create_failed_jobs_table (0.08 seconds)
Migrating: 2019_12_05_013741_create_threads_table
Migrated: 2019_12_05_013741_create_threads_table (0.07 seconds)
Migrating: 2019_12_05_014216_create_replies_table
Migrated: 2019_12_05_014216_create_replies_table (0.07 seconds)
Migrating: 2020_01_02_132824_create_channels_table
Migrated: 2020_01_02_132824_create_channels_table (0.06 seconds)
Migrating: 2020_01_24_163656_create_customers_table
Migrated: 2020_01_24_163656_create_customers_table (0.07 seconds)
Migrating: 2020_01_30_200801_create_businesses_table
Migrated: 2020_01_30_200801_create_businesses_table (0.37 seconds)
Migrating: 2020_02_02_154503_create_contacts_table
Migrated: 2020_02_02_154503_create_contacts_table (0.06 seconds)
Migrating: 2020_02_02_222508_create_businesses_contacts_table
Migrated: 2020_02_02_222508_create_businesses_contacts_table (0.66 seconds)
Migrating: 2020_03_26_143240_create_favorites_table
Migrated: 2020_03_26_143240_create_favorites_table (0.11 seconds)
Migrating: 2020_03_27_151754_create_activities_table
Migrated: 2020_03_27_151754_create_activities_table (0.18 seconds)
Migrating: 2020_04_02_182917_create_thread_subscriptions_table
Illuminate\Database\QueryException : SQLSTATE[42S01]: Base table or view already exists: 1050 Table 'thread_subscriptions' already exists (SQL: create table `thread_subscriptions` (`id` int unsigned not null auto_increment primary key, `user_id` int unsigned not null, `thread_id` int unsigned not null, `cre ated_at` timestamp null, `updated_at` timestamp null) default character set utf8mb4 collate 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci')
at /var/www/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php:669
665| // If an exception occurs when attempting to run a query, we'll format the error
666| // message to include the bindings with SQL, which will make this exception a
667| // lot more helpful to the developer instead of just the database's errors.
668| catch (Exception $e) {
> 669| throw new QueryException(
670| $query, $this->prepareBindings($bindings), $e
671| );
672| }
673|
Exception trace:
1 PDOException::("SQLSTATE[42S01]: Base table or view already exists: 1050 Table 'thread_subscriptions' already exists")
/var/www/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php:463
2 PDOStatement::execute()
/var/www/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php:463
Please use the argument -v to see more details.
I have tried dropping all tables and running it again but it still fails with the folling error
Illuminate\Database\QueryException : SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1215 Cannot add foreign key constraint (SQL: alter table `thread_subscriptions` add constraint `thread_subscriptions_thread_id_foreign` foreign key (`thread_id`) references `threads` (`id`) on delete cascade)
at /var/www/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php:669
665| // If an exception occurs when attempting to run a query, we'll format the error
666| // message to include the bindings with SQL, which will make this exception a
667| // lot more helpful to the developer instead of just the database's errors.
668| catch (Exception $e) {
> 669| throw new QueryException(
670| $query, $this->prepareBindings($bindings), $e
671| );
672| }
673|
Exception trace:
1 PDOException::("SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1215 Cannot add foreign key constraint")
/var/www/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php:463
2 PDOStatement::execute()
/var/www/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php:463
Please use the argument -v to see more details.
if i run migrate again after that it goes back to the previous error, I have double checked my code and it is exactly the same as the the github source https://github.com/laracasts/Lets-Build-a-Forum-in-Laravel/blob/master/database/migrations/2017_05_19_141013_create_thread_subscriptions_table.php
any ideas?
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