Title: beta 2 update database errors
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# beta 2 update database errors

 *  joern@aumund.org
 * [22 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/beta-2-update-database-errors/)
 * Hi!
    I tried to update my wordpress 0.71 testblog to beta 2 of version 0.72. 
   The update script complaints about missing database tables ([http://horatio.aumund.org/wp-072.html](http://horatio.aumund.org/wp-072.html)).
   So I erased all and made a fresh install of 0.71, reloaded the database, copied
   my indec.php etc and tried again. It ended with excactly the same error. Any 
   suggestions?

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 *  [lane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lane/)
 * (@lane)
 * [22 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/beta-2-update-database-errors/#post-23654)
 * The database tables are in error. In the 0.71 release, it was using the normal
   b2 database structure (from looking at the 0.71 install), 0.72 uses wp_ prefix
   before every table as default. I’m assuming if you run [http://yourserver.com/wp-admin/upgrade-071-to-072.php](http://yourserver.com/wp-admin/upgrade-071-to-072.php),
   that it will correct it.
 *  [joern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joern/)
 * (@joern)
 * [22 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/beta-2-update-database-errors/#post-23657)
 * The described error occured when executing the upgrade script.
 *  [lane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lane/)
 * (@lane)
 * [22 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/beta-2-update-database-errors/#post-23660)
 * A quick fix would to export the database using PHPMyAdmin and then manually changing
   the table names to reflect what you have in wp-config. Then drop the current 
   database, import the MySQL dump (after modifications) and then run the upgrade
   script.
 *  Thread Starter Anonymous
 * [22 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/beta-2-update-database-errors/#post-23662)
 * with a fresh install table wp_options _values is wrong and an sql error is reported:
   something about blob (sorry i dont remember the exact error type), then the table
   is not created.
 *  [joern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joern/)
 * (@joern)
 * [22 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/beta-2-update-database-errors/#post-23664)
 * Sorry, was my fault. I didn’t set $table_prefix in wp-config.php correctly. Now
   the upgrade went right.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [joern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joern/)
 * Last activity: [22 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/beta-2-update-database-errors/#post-23664)
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