EC
1361
MySQLerrorddlhigh confidence

Unknown event

Production Risk

Low — statement fails; no data affected.

What this means

ALTER EVENT, DROP EVENT, or SHOW CREATE EVENT referenced an event name that does not exist in the current database.

Why it happens
  1. 1Typo in the event name
  2. 2Wrong database context
  3. 3Event was already dropped
How to reproduce
trigger — this will error
trigger — this will error
DROP EVENT nonexistent_event;

expected output

ERROR 1361 (HY000): Unknown event 'nonexistent_event'

Fix 1

Use IF EXISTS to suppress the error

Use IF EXISTS to suppress the error
DROP EVENT IF EXISTS nonexistent_event;

Why this works

Silently skips the drop if the event does not exist.

Fix 2

List all events

List all events
SHOW EVENTS;

Why this works

Confirms existing event names in the current database.

Sources
Official documentation ↗

MySQL 8.0 — 1361 ER_EVENT_DOES_NOT_EXIST

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