Database backup mySQL can't restore

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... even though skip-lock-tables box is checked, the backups I download still contain lock (and unlock) table commands which I must remove manually before I can run the SQL in phpMyAdmin. ...

Like an iron skillet to the back of the head, it just hit me -- since skip-lock-tables has no effect on the backups I download, what if it similarly has no effect on backups stored on the server?

When trying to restore, the process would break on the first table, namely address_book, yes?

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `zen_address_book`;
CREATE TABLE `zen_address_book` (
`address_book_id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`customers_id` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
`entry_gender` char(1) NOT NULL default '',
`entry_company` varchar(32) default NULL,
`entry_firstname` varchar(32) NOT NULL default '',
`entry_lastname` varchar(32) NOT NULL default '',
`entry_street_address` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
`entry_suburb` varchar(32) default NULL,
`entry_postcode` varchar(10) NOT NULL default '',
`entry_city` varchar(32) NOT NULL default '',
`entry_state` varchar(32) default NULL,
`entry_country_id` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
`entry_zone_id` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`address_book_id`),
KEY `idx_address_book_customers_id_zen` (`customers_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

--
-- Dumping data for table `zen_address_book`
--


/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `zen_address_book` DISABLE KEYS */;
LOCK TABLES `zen_address_book` WRITE;

First the address_book table is dropped, and then the LOCK TABLES occurs. Assuming the restore process breaks at this point (lock tables), wouldn't address_book be missing after an unsuccessful restoration attempt? If so, would ZC create a new address_book the next time someone creates a customer account or adds an address to their existing account -- with an address_book_id of 1, even though an older customer account had previously created an address with the same address_book_id?

Am I nuts, or would this explain both the restoring problem and the address book problem?

Sean