During a recent update I received the following error (Drush error and Update.php error below):

Table image_dimensions already exists.

file_entity module
Update #7200

    Failed: DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table <em class="placeholder">image_dimensions</em> already exists. in DatabaseSchema->createTable() (line 657 of /drupal/includes/database/schema.inc).

Current resolution: Drop the "image_dimensions" database table.

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jpwester’s picture

jpwester CreditAttribution: jpwester commented

I am seeing the same thing. Is there a more elegant solution?

ParisLiakos’s picture

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i cant understand why the table was already there..you was upgrading from unstable6 to nstable7?

Chris Charlton’s picture

Chris Charlton
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CreditAttribution: Chris Charlton commented

For I was stuck in an update loop - every time I ran update.php Drupal/Drush kept reporting update 7200 needed to run. I ended up getting past this somehow.

Devin Carlson’s picture

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Status: Active » Closed (cannot reproduce)

As rootatwc mentioned in #2 the image_dimensions table is only created during module installation or by update 7200.

A borked uninstall of File entity or another contrib module creating the same table are the only possible causes of the table existing (that I can think of). Otherwise, I haven't been able to reproduce this problem.

jpwester’s picture

jpwester CreditAttribution: jpwester commented

I was upgrading from unstable6 to unstable7, yes.

nixter’s picture

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An easy way to bypass the creation of a table that exists and get Drupal to stop saying you have an update like this. (7200 - Create the {image_dimensions} database table.) is to go into the System table and change the Schema from 7199 to 7200.

This worked like a champ and got ride of the error we had.

Here is another example of a simular issue with the field collection module. Comment #5 and #6
#1783456: Enable re-running failed update_7001(), adding revision fields

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Issue summary: View changes

Still having this issue years alter and I'm unable to fix on Acquia Dev Desktop or on the Cloud. So, I'm unable to update Drupal core for a site that I've taken over maintenance on. When I attempt to do so this is the message I get:

The following updates returned messages

file_entity module

Update #7200
•Failed: DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table image_dimensions already exists. in DatabaseSchema->createTable() (line 657 of \Sites\devdesktop\superawesomedev\docroot\includes\database\schema.inc).