connection node_2; connection node_1; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS variable; Warnings: Note 1051 Unknown table 'test.variable' DROP TABLE IF EXISTS foo; Warnings: Note 1051 Unknown table 'test.foo' CREATE TABLE variable ( name varchar(128) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'The name of the variable.', value longblob NOT NULL COMMENT 'The value of the variable.', PRIMARY KEY (name) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COMMENT='Named variable/value pairs created by Drupal core or any...'; CREATE TABLE foo (a int); INSERT INTO variable (name, value) VALUES ('menu_expanded', 'a:0:{}'); START TRANSACTION; SELECT 1 AS expression FROM variable variable WHERE ( (name = 'menu_expanded') ) FOR UPDATE; expression 1 UPDATE variable SET value='a:0:{}' WHERE ( (name = 'menu_expanded') ); COMMIT; INSERT INTO foo VALUES (1); UPDATE foo SET a = 2 WHERE a = 1; DROP TABLE foo; DROP TABLE variable;