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1. lenwood
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi All, running WP 2.6.2, haven't had any problems until today. When I visit my site I'm presented with the install screen, Welcome + Information Needed (blog name and email). When I enter that info I get a screen full of database errors.

   I'm not sure what to do to fix this. Start over with my database? Reinstall WP from scratch?

   I'm also not sure what could have lead to this. I've been running WP for the past 2+ years and this is the first problem like this that I've had with it.

   Any tips? Thanks in advance,
   Chris

2. Jeremy Clark
   Moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Check and make sure that your wp-config.php file is still there. If not rename the wp-config-sample.php and input you detail there.

3. lenwood
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks for the prompt reply. My original wp-config is still there, and still contains the correct credentials to access the database.

   Thanks,
   Chris

4. moshu
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Go to your database (hopefully you have phpmyadmin access to it) and repair the bad tables. Most likely that's the problem.

5. lenwood
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks moshu, that fixed it. I really appreciate the help. This leads to a security question for me, but I'll mark this as resolved and start a new thread.

   Thanks,
   Chris

6. lenwood
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Actually, after giving it some thought I answered my own question. Any idea how the wp-options table could have become corrupt? This has never happened before so I'm at a bit of a loss. I want to prevent this from happening again if I can.

   Thanks,
   Chris

7. moshu
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   That's most likely a (DB) server issue, and I have doubts you can ever prevent anything that is made by humans from occasional malfunctioning :)
   I have seen it reported from time to time on different hosts... I don't think we can do anything about it.

8. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Concur with moshu's observation.

   Only protection is proper, routine, accurate backup of your database.

9. lenwood
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks for the help, guys. No way I would have solved this on my own.

   Thanks,
   Chris

10. cableboy
    Member
    Posted 3 years ago #

    I had both of my wordpress domains have their wp_options corrupted at the same time, so I do think it was probably a host issue.

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