DB table prefixes

(PHP 5.2.4, MySQL 5.0.45, Drupal 5.7.1)

I get this error when I navigate to module's admin page (where "DBNAME" = name of my database and PATH = some directory path on my server):

    * user warning: Table 'DBNAME.drupal_node_field_instance' doesn't exist query: SELECT nfi.field_name, nfi.type_name, nf.db_storage FROM drupal_node_field_instance nfi INNER JOIN drupal_node_field nf USING (field_name) WHERE nfi.widget_type='text' in /PATH/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 172.
    * user warning: Table 'DBNAME.drupal_node_field_instance' doesn't exist query: SELECT nfi.field_name, nfi.type_name, nf.db_storage FROM drupal_node_field_instance nfi INNER JOIN drupal_node_field nf USING (field_name) WHERE nfi.widget_type='text' in /PATH/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 172.

I peeked into the module file and didn't see anything that would create the table in question. Is there another module (perhaps CCK?) that this one depends on?