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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>wrote: > > 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 [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
