DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1, t2; CREATE TABLE t1 (a ) ENGINE= ; ALTER TABLE t1 DISCARD TABLESPACE; DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 (a ) ENGINE= ; INSERT INTO t1 (a) VALUES (1),(2); SELECT a FROM t1; a 1 2 ALTER TABLE t1 DISCARD TABLESPACE; SELECT a FROM t1; ERROR HY000: Tablespace has been discarded for table `t1` ALTER TABLE t1 IMPORT TABLESPACE; Warnings: Warning 1810 IO Read error: (2, No such file or directory) Error opening './test/t1.cfg', will attempt to import without schema verification SELECT a FROM t1; a 1 2 DROP TABLE t1;