mysql> show schemas; +--------------------+ | Database | +--------------------+ | information_schema | | innodb | | mysql | | performance_schema | +--------------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> drop schema innodb; ERROR 1010 (HY000): Error dropping database (can't rmdir './innodb/', errno: 17)
This is an additional schema that is included in an AWS RDS installation. You should not put directories in the MySQL data directory.
Justin Rovang says
Even more a reason to not spend time checking RDS out
Daniƫl van Eeden says
It reminds me of the lost+found and #.snapshot databases.