<p>When the terminal error claims that there is no table found, it does <strong>NOT</strong> mean that the table does not exist. It simply means that your code failed to find it.</p>
<h1 id="heading-error">Error</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>The behaviour when trying to drop the table.</p>
<pre><code class="lang-python">  /backend-flask $ ./bin/ddb/drop cruddur-messages prod
  == dynamodb-list-table
  deleting cruddur-messages...

  An error occurred (ResourceNotFoundException) 
  when calling the DeleteTable operation: 
      Requested resource <span class="hljs-keyword">not</span> found: Table: cruddur-messages <span class="hljs-keyword">not</span> found
</code></pre>
</li>
</ul>
<h1 id="heading-problem-code">Problem code</h1>
<pre><code class="lang-python"><span class="hljs-comment"># backend-flask/bin/ddb/drop</span>

TABLE_NAME=<span class="hljs-string">"cruddur-messages"</span>

echo <span class="hljs-string">"deleting $TABLE_NAME..."</span>
aws dynamodb delete-table $ENDPOINT_URL --table-name $TABLE_NAME
</code></pre>
<h1 id="heading-solution">Solution</h1>
<p>✅ Always make sure that the env variables you are using are:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>free of spelling mistakes</p>
</li>
<li><p>safely stored with correct values.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<pre><code class="lang-python">$ echo $ENDPOINT_URL
________    &lt;----------- pitch-black nothingness
</code></pre>


When the terminal error claims that there is no table found, it does **NOT** mean that the table does not exist. It simply means that your code failed to find it.

# Error

* The behaviour when trying to drop the table.
    
    ```python
    /backend-flask $ ./bin/ddb/drop cruddur-messages prod
    == dynamodb-list-table
    deleting cruddur-messages...
    
    An error occurred (ResourceNotFoundException) 
    when calling the DeleteTable operation: 
    	Requested resource not found: Table: cruddur-messages not found
    ```
    

# Problem code

```python
# backend-flask/bin/ddb/drop

TABLE_NAME="cruddur-messages"

echo "deleting $TABLE_NAME..."
aws dynamodb delete-table $ENDPOINT_URL --table-name $TABLE_NAME
```

# Solution

✅ Always make sure that the env variables you are using are:

* free of spelling mistakes
    
* safely stored with correct values.
    

```python
$ echo $ENDPOINT_URL
________    <----------- pitch-black nothingness
```

When the terminal error claims that there is no table found, it does NOT mean that the table does not exist. It just means that your code failed to find it.

Week 5 -An error occurred (ResourceNotFoundException) when calling the DeleteTable operation: Requested resource not found: Table: not found

Error

Problem code

Solution