plastiquemonkey
Member
Posted 4 years ago #
i can see from multiple posts on the forum that i'm not the first to have a newly-missing from 2.3 database table cause errors after upgrading. i'm only writing here because i've tried various solutions described here and the problem is still ongoing.
my error message is:
WordPress database error: [Table '****_****blog.wp_categories' doesn't exist]
SELECT * FROM wp_categories
i've deactivated all plugins and updated to a supposedly compatible version of the theme (tarski 1.7.1). the error message is still there.
i've tried the extended upgrade, deleting files as specified here, then re-uploading the 2.3 files, but the error is still there.
any ideas?
Where are you seeing the error? On your site? What happens if change to the WordPress Default 1.6 theme?
plastiquemonkey
Member
Posted 4 years ago #
tried that already, just forgot to mention. even when i change to the default theme, the error is still there.
when i first click a link i get an all-white page with the error message top left. then, half a second later, the page loads with the error message right at the top, centered. it's sitting just above the header image.
plastiquemonkey
Member
Posted 4 years ago #
interesting -- on the "About" page the same error message shows up in the sidebar, just above the categories (which then display below it, normally).
and then, under the about page i get this:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: update_comment_cache() in /home/../../../wp-includes/comment-template.php on line 303
is it a theme issue?
I'd consider deleting the WordPress files and reuploading as per Steps 7 and 8 in Upgrading_WordPress_Extended.
plastiquemonkey
Member
Posted 4 years ago #
i did that already. should i try it again?
You got a link to see the problem?
I have the same error on an upgrade I did today. I cannot post the URL because of the content of the blog.
WordPress database error: [Table 'xxxxxxxxxxx.wp_categories' doesn't exist]
SELECT cat_name FROM wp_categories ORDER BY cat_name ASC
plastiquemonkey
Member
Posted 4 years ago #
so i rolled back the entire upgrade -- dropped tables and imported my db backup, deleted all files and re-uploaded my backups -- then went through the upgrade again, this time upgrading to tarski 1.7.1 (2.3 compatible) *before* upgrading wordpress...
...and it worked, perfectly. no idea why the initial problem -- maybe the error was being cached somehow?
anyway, thanks for your help.
Okay, found the issue, the "Add Meta Tags" plugin apparently wants a table that no longer exists.
