Tables permission_block and permission_variable not created after SUPEE-6788

Question

After applying the Magento patch SUPEE-6788, I find that the tables permission_block and permission_variable are not created in the database. How should I start investigate this problem? (The Magento version is 1.9.0.1)

Answer 1

Answered in comments.

You will need to clear the cache a reload the homepage in order for magento's update scripts to be called. Alternatively you can download N98-magerun and run the sys:setup:run command to run the updates.