So we have a MySQL database that suddenly started reporting "can't
open *.ibd file" errors on InnoDB tables in phpMyAdmin. (MyISAM are
fine). To recover the data is all I want at this point -- so one
suggestion I came across was to try and dump using mysqldump like
this:
mysqldump -u root -p mydatabase > databasedump.sql
Enter password: *******************
mysqldump: Got error: 1016: Can't open file: 'access.ibd' (errno: 1)
when using
LOCK TABLES
Is there a way to run this dump so that it will export the database
tables and ignore the *.ibd error? I had read that removing *.frm
files might help, but our testing suggests that it isn't effective
either.
Any help will result in hero status.

Holiday card list and all
those good karma things.
thanks!!
Chuck