I'm experiencing problems with a database on my server (Note: All other databases work fine).

Once I try to export it with mysqldump I get this error:

# mysqldump -u root -pXXXXXXXXX databasename > /root/databasename.sql

mysqldump: Couldn't execute 'show table status like 'apps'': Lost connection to MySQL server during query (2013)

Also, phpMyAdmin throws an error when selecting this database and immediately logs out. However, the web site which uses this database works fine. I can also execute SELECT statements on the table named "apps" from the MySQL shell.

I tried restarting the MySQL daemon as well as REPAIR DATABASE and REPAIR TABLE but the problem still persists. I had this problem before, then it disappeared somehow without me doing anything to resolve the issue. Now, the problem is back and I'm simply unable to create a backup of this database.

Used software

• Debian 6.0.7 x64
• MySQL 5.1.66-0

MySQL Version:

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "%version%";
+-------------------------+-------------------+
| Variable_name           | Value             |
+-------------------------+-------------------+
| protocol_version        | 10                |
| version                 | 5.1.66-0+squeeze1 |
| version_comment         | (Debian)          |
| version_compile_machine | x86_64            |
| version_compile_os      | debian-linux-gnu  |
+-------------------------+-------------------+