[support] schema API -- why isn't my table being created?

[Earnie Boyd]

Quoting Roy Smith <roy at panix.com>:

> On Aug 24, 2008, at 4:10 PM, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>
>> Quoting Roy Smith <roy at panix.com>:
>>
>>> More on this...
>>>
>>> I wrote a regatta_update_1() function and put it in my
>>> regatta.install
>>> file.  I then disabled and re-enabled the regatta module.  This had
>>> no
>>> effect.
>>>
>>> I then decided to upgrade to core 6.4.  Lo and behold, after I was
>>> done with the 6.4 upgrade, my boat table was there!  Obviously, there
>>> is some event which triggers running the table creation which I
>>> haven't figured out yet.
>>>
>>
>> If you had your module activated without a table and then added the
>> table later, could be a reason.
>
> Yes, I think that's probably what I did.
>
> What exactly do I need to do to uninstall a module?  I assume you
> start by removing the entire /sites/all/modules/regatta directory, but
> then what?  Is visiting any page in the site enough to make drupal
> notice that it's gone, or is there something more explicit that needs
> to be done?
>

Assuming the module has a hook_uninstall in its .install file then you 
click the "Uninstall" tab on the admin/build/modules page, click the 
checkbox of the module(s) you want to uninstall, submit the page and 
then confirm the unstall.  You do not have to remove the directory nor 
should you unless you no longer want it; but, do that ``after'' the 
uninstall.

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