If you’re getting MySQL error 1109 which reads something like “1109 (42S02): Unknown table ‘products’ in HANDLER” in MySQL, it appears that you’re trying to reference a table that’s not currently open when using MySQL’s HANDLER
statement.
This can happen when you try to read from a table that you haven’t yet opened. It can also happen when you’ve assigned an alias to the table but you try to reference it without the alias. And it can happen if you try to close a table that isn’t actually open.
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