On 12/20/05, mediawiki@x11.cjb.net mediawiki@x11.cjb.net wrote:
I've been running mediawiki at sauwiki.com (a site for my school) for a couple of years now. I upgraded a couple of months ago to the latest version, and it has been working fine until last week, when it greeted me with the database error you can see there now:
A database error has occurred Query: SELECT ug_group FROM `user_groups` WHERE ug_user = '1' Function: User::loadFromDatabase Error: 1017 Can't find file: 'user_groups.MYI' (errno: 2) (localhost)
Backtrace:
* GlobalFunctions.php line 451 calls wfbacktrace() * Database.php line 408 calls wfdebugdiebacktrace() * Database.php line 358 calls databasemysql::reportqueryerror() * Database.php line 734 calls databasemysql::query() * User.php line 692 calls databasemysql::select() * User.php line 622 calls user::loadfromdatabase() * Setup.php line 209 calls user::loadfromsession() * index.php line 63 calls require_once()I tried to run check tables on it, but it didn't seem to have any effect.
I found this person: http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2005-September/007350.html who had the same problem, and the suggestion was to ask the host about fixing the database, but when I contacted iPowerweb they told me their databases were working fine, and that they didn't support third party software.
When I use phpmyadmin I get a similar error when trying to browse the "users_groups" table, but the other tables are still there.
So what I am asking, is how can I restore my wiki without losing the data?
Does your provider backup your files? Restoring them might be the only answer I'm afraid.
You mention that you are using phpmyadmin, do you have it protected? It's a potential door through which a malicious hacker can get at your database.
I'm not sure what kind of school this is, but schools are one place where inside users are nearly as untrustworthy as outsiders.
Perhaps someone else has some happier suggestions.
-- Rick DeNatale
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