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sqlite3.OperationalError: table [schemas] already exists

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i was trying to follow new schemas tutorial and keep getting this error with different commands

% llm schemas --full

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/max/.local/bin/llm", line 10, in <module>
    sys.exit(cli())
             ~~~^^
  File "/Users/max/.local/share/uv/tools/llm/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1161, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
           ~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/max/.local/share/uv/tools/llm/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1082, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "/Users/max/.local/share/uv/tools/llm/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1697, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/max/.local/share/uv/tools/llm/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1697, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/max/.local/share/uv/tools/llm/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1443, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
           ~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/max/.local/share/uv/tools/llm/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/core.py", line 788, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/Users/max/.local/share/uv/tools/llm/lib/python3.13/site-packages/llm/cli.py", line 1467, in schemas_list
    migrate(db)
    ~~~~~~~^^^^
  File "/Users/max/.local/share/uv/tools/llm/lib/python3.13/site-packages/llm/migrations.py", line 14, in migrate
    fn(db)
    ~~^^^^
  File "/Users/max/.local/share/uv/tools/llm/lib/python3.13/site-packages/llm/migrations.py", line 244, in m014_schemas
    db["schemas"].create(
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
        {
        ^
    ...<3 lines>...
        pk="id",
        ^^^^^^^^
    )
    ^
  File "/Users/max/.local/share/uv/tools/llm/lib/python3.13/site-packages/sqlite_utils/db.py", line 1703, in create
    self.db.create_table(
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
        self.name,
        ^^^^^^^^^^
    ...<13 lines>...
        strict=strict,
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    )
    ^
  File "/Users/max/.local/share/uv/tools/llm/lib/python3.13/site-packages/sqlite_utils/db.py", line 1084, in create_table
    self.execute(sql)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^
  File "/Users/max/.local/share/uv/tools/llm/lib/python3.13/site-packages/sqlite_utils/db.py", line 535, in execute
    return self.conn.execute(sql)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^
sqlite3.OperationalError: table [schemas] already exists

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Reproduce the failure with llm schemas --full, then read llm/cli.py at schemas_list and llm/migrations.py at migrate and m014_schemas. Check how the existing schemas table is handled during migration; done means the schemas command no longer fails when that table already exists.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python, sqlite
Domain
cli, database
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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