After much finagling I ran the update script (I don't have command-line access so I had to set up a cron job). My wiki works again! Thanks for the tip - I guess I have to run the update script from now on instead of re-installing.
Lyndie
-----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Benjamin Lees Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 12:07 AM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Database error msg?
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 1:23 AM, Michelle michelle.sg1@gmail.com wrote:
You can't just re-run the installer anymore. As it says in the UPGRADE file:
From the command line, browse to the "maintenance" directory and run the update.php script to check and update the schema. This will insert missing tables, update existing tables, and move data around as needed. In most cases, this is successful and nothing further needs to be done.
I believe you are mistaken. The selection you're quoting has been in the UPGRADE file since 1.6. Also in there: "You can use the web-based installer wizard if you first remove the LocalSettings.php (and AdminSettings.php, if any) files;[...]" On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:27 AM, Lyndie Chiou lyndie@researchpipeline.comwrote:
Thanks, but that's what I did - I upgraded to v. 1.15 by re-running the installer. I got a message at the end that the upgrade had completed successfully.
Or am I missing something?
Do you happen to have the output from when you re-ran the installer? _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l