connect master,127.0.0.1,root,,test,$MASTER_MYPORT,; connect slave,127.0.0.1,root,,test,$SLAVE_MYPORT,; connection master; CREATE DATABASE federated; connection slave; CREATE DATABASE federated; connection master; CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT) ENGINE=FEDERATED CONNECTION='non_existing'; ERROR HY000: server name: 'non_existing' doesn't exist! SHOW WARNINGS; Level Code Message Error 1 server name: 'non_existing' doesn't exist! Error 1 Can't create/write to file 'non_existing' (Errcode: 14 "Bad address") Warning 1030 Got error 1 "Operation not permitted" from storage engine FEDERATED create table t1 (a int); create table fed (a int) engine=Federated CONNECTION='mysql://root@127.0.0.1:MASTER_PORT/test/t1'; drop table t1; select * from fed; Got one of the listed errors drop table fed; connection master; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t1; DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS federated; connection slave; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS federated.t1; DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS federated;