When you say run a "SHOW CREATE TABLE LIKE `smf_messages`"
Did you mean I needed to type in exactly this ---> SHOW CREATE TABLE LIKE `smf_messages` Quote marks and everything?
I tried a few combinations of what you wrote and I got a result from typing this --> SHOW CREATE TABLE smf_messages
Here is the output:
CREATE TABLE `smf_messages` (
`ID_MSG` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
`ID_TOPIC` mediumint( unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`ID_BOARD` smallint(5) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`posterTime` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`ID_MEMBER` mediumint( unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`ID_MSG_MODIFIED` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`subject` tinytext NOT NULL,
`posterName` tinytext NOT NULL,
`posterEmail` tinytext NOT NULL,
`posterIP` tinytext NOT NULL,
`smileysEnabled` tinyint(4) NOT NULL default '1',
`modifiedTime` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`modifiedName` tinytext NOT NULL,
`body` text NOT NULL,
`icon` varchar(16) NOT NULL default 'xx',
PRIMARY KEY (`ID_MSG`),
UNIQUE KEY `topic` (`ID_TOPIC`,`ID_MSG`),
UNIQUE KEY `ID_BOARD` (`ID_BOARD`,`ID_MSG`),
UNIQUE KEY `ID_MEMBER` (`ID_MEMBER`,`ID_MSG`),
KEY `ipIndex` (`posterIP`(15),`ID_TOPIC`),
KEY `participation` (`ID_MEMBER`,`ID_TOPIC`),
KEY `showPosts` (`ID_MEMBER`,`ID_BOARD`),
KEY `ID_TOPIC` (`ID_TOPIC`)
) TYPE=MyISAM