Title: [Plugin: Mailing List] database errors, subscriptions failing
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Mailing List] database errors, subscriptions failing

 *  [aly22](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aly22/)
 * (@aly22)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mailing-list-database-errors-subscriptions-failing/)
 * Since the upgrade this week (9/13?) I have major database errors showing tables
   don’t exist (but they do if I look in PHPMyAdmin under my wordpress installation):
 * Database error 1146 while doing query Table ‘mysite_wrdp1.wp_user’ doesn’t exist
   
   Database error 1146 while doing query Table ‘mysite_wrdp1.wp_user_history’ doesn’t
   exist Database error 1146 while doing query Table ‘mysite_wrdp1.wp_attribute’
   doesn’t exist Database error 1146 while doing query Table ‘mysite_wrdp1.wp_user_attribute’
   doesn’t exist
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mailz/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mailz/)

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 *  Plugin Author [zingiri](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zingiri/)
 * (@zingiri)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mailing-list-database-errors-subscriptions-failing/#post-2302679)
 * Can you please try to upgrade to version 1.3.5, those 4 tables were using a different
   prefix from the other ones. In version 1.3.5 those tables will be renamed to 
   use the correct prefix.
    1.3.5 was just released and may take a few hours to 
   appear on your plugins page.
 *  Thread Starter [aly22](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aly22/)
 * (@aly22)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mailing-list-database-errors-subscriptions-failing/#post-2302743)
 * Ok, after running the upgrade (but before realizing I hadn’t updated the database)
   it seemed to have resolved all issues.
 * Am about to upgrade my PHP installation from 5.2 to your required 5.3 and hopeful
   this will not then break other scripts/sites on my server..
 * is this absolutely necessary?
 *  Thread Starter [aly22](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aly22/)
 * (@aly22)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mailing-list-database-errors-subscriptions-failing/#post-2302746)
 * I was just warned not to update PHP as several sites on my (dedicated/hosting-
   reseller) server are not compatible.
 * I guess this means I am no longer able to run Mailing List via WordPress. I updated
   the Mailing List DB just now and:
 * WordPress database error: [Can’t find file: ‘./mysite_wrdp1/wp_user.frm’ (errno:
   2)]
    RENAME TABLE wp_user TO wp_zing_user
 * WordPress database error: [Can’t find file: ‘./mysite_wrdp1/wp_user_history.frm’(
   errno: 2)]
    RENAME TABLE wp_user_history TO wp_zing_user_history
 * WordPress database error: [Can’t find file: ‘./mysite_wrdp1/wp_attribute.frm’(
   errno: 2)]
    RENAME TABLE wp_attribute TO wp_zing_attribute
 * WordPress database error: [Can’t find file: ‘./mysite_wrdp1/wp_user_attribute.
   frm’ (errno: 2)]
    RENAME TABLE wp_user_attribute TO wp_zing_user_attribute
 *  Plugin Author [zingiri](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zingiri/)
 * (@zingiri)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mailing-list-database-errors-subscriptions-failing/#post-2302822)
 * PHP 5.3 is not strictly necessary right now, it might be a good idea to upgrade
   at some stage.
 * The database errors you mention, can you check if those tables exist in your 
   database?

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 * Last reply from: [zingiri](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zingiri/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mailing-list-database-errors-subscriptions-failing/#post-2302822)
 * Status: not resolved