Thread:Project:Support desk/Database returned error ‘1146: Table 'truesain WSDATABASE.watchlist' doesn't exist (localhost)’/reply

watchlist is a very very old table, so it would be present in old versions of mediawiki. It sounds like your old db is only partially there.

>Would it be worth installing mediawiki with a blank database, then importing the old tables into the new database? Then hopefully like >Jurassic Park, I should be able to fill in the 'holes?'

Depends on the state of your old db. No garuntees that it will work, but there is a chance it could work (if your db is missing anything other than the watchlist table, its not a big chance). If you try that, run update.php after you are done.

Good luck, you're going to need it.