#lock-table

Knex Migration Lock Table Creation Fails Due to Missing CREATE TABLE Permission

When running knex migrate:latest , Knex attempts to create the internal lock table knex_migrations_lock before executing any user migration files. If the database user associated with the Knex instance lacks the CREATE TABLE privilege in the target schema, the operation aborts with an error such as ER_NO_SUCH_TABLE or a permission‑denied message, and the mig