Title: pschwar's Replies | WordPress.org --- # pschwar [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 42 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/replies/page/3/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [2.7 Custom Field Value not saving](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/27-custom-field-value-not-saving/) * [pschwar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/) * (@pschwar) * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/27-custom-field-value-not-saving/#post-947881) * Weird, this bug is still open as of 2.8.5 * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Missing categories and post author after upgrade to 2.3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-categories-and-post-author-after-upgrade-to-23/) * Thread Starter [pschwar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/) * (@pschwar) * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-categories-and-post-author-after-upgrade-to-23/#post-645698) * About my categories disappearing – It appears that WP handles categories differently in the database. There’s now these 3 “terms” tables. * When I upgraded to v2.3 it seems to have created these tables but didn’t convert the old “categories” tables to them. So looks like I’ll have to try and do that manually. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Missing categories and post author after upgrade to 2.3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-categories-and-post-author-after-upgrade-to-23/) * Thread Starter [pschwar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/) * (@pschwar) * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-categories-and-post-author-after-upgrade-to-23/#post-645697) * So I fixed the missing authors problem – The db upgrade added a new column in the ‘users’ table called ‘display_name’. This was left blank for my users. * Just go into the control panel, edit each user, and select their display_name from the drop down menu. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Missing categories and post author after upgrade to 2.3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-categories-and-post-author-after-upgrade-to-23/) * Thread Starter [pschwar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/) * (@pschwar) * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-categories-and-post-author-after-upgrade-to-23/#post-645696) * Ahh, okay, I found a variable in the “options” table called “db_version” which is set to: 6124 * I switched it to 6123 and attempted upgrade again, it said the db was out of date so I ran the upgrade. It was successful, but didn’t help. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Missing categories and post author after upgrade to 2.3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-categories-and-post-author-after-upgrade-to-23/) * Thread Starter [pschwar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/) * (@pschwar) * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-categories-and-post-author-after-upgrade-to-23/#post-645695) * Here’s my problem… * When I upgraded from 2.0.11 to 2.3, the database upgrade didn’t complete. So I have 2.3 code with an old database and things are messed up. * How do I run the database upgrade again? * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Missing categories and post author after upgrade to 2.3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-categories-and-post-author-after-upgrade-to-23/) * Thread Starter [pschwar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/) * (@pschwar) * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-categories-and-post-author-after-upgrade-to-23/#post-645680) * Yeah, another guy told me it was a memory issue. I have my own server with 1G RAM and not much running on it. I rebooted it before I did the upgrade, it didn’t help. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Error: “Your database is out-of-date. Please upgrade.” HELP!!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-your-database-is-out-of-date-please-upgrade-help/) * Thread Starter [pschwar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/) * (@pschwar) * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-your-database-is-out-of-date-please-upgrade-help/#post-640131) * By the way, if anyone wants to contact me personally about this, please e-mail: phil at finlandforthought dot net * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Error: “Your database is out-of-date. Please upgrade.” HELP!!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-your-database-is-out-of-date-please-upgrade-help/) * Thread Starter [pschwar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/) * (@pschwar) * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-your-database-is-out-of-date-please-upgrade-help/#post-640130) * Well, I fixed the problem, but now I have a new set of problems. I started a new thread concerning them: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/141108?replies=1#post-640683](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/141108?replies=1#post-640683) * Here’s what I did to fix this: * 1. I renamed all my tables. 2. I went to my blog, it didn’t find any of my tables and thought it was a brand new blog so it setup the default tables. 3. I ran the upgrade which was “successful”. 4. I renamed all my tables back to their original names. * But now I’m having some small problems with categories and post authors missing. I’m guessing this has to do with the fact that my database was never properly upgraded, but at least I can get into my control panel now. * Thanks to everyone for their help!! 🙂 * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Error: “Your database is out-of-date. Please upgrade.” HELP!!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-your-database-is-out-of-date-please-upgrade-help/) * Thread Starter [pschwar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/) * (@pschwar) * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-your-database-is-out-of-date-please-upgrade-help/#post-640079) * Anyone? * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Error: “Your database is out-of-date. Please upgrade.” HELP!!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-your-database-is-out-of-date-please-upgrade-help/) * Thread Starter [pschwar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/) * (@pschwar) * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-your-database-is-out-of-date-please-upgrade-help/#post-640065) * I’ll try rebooting my server and see if that frees up some memory. * How can I check to see if the database upgrade actually worked? * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Error: “Your database is out-of-date. Please upgrade.” HELP!!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-your-database-is-out-of-date-please-upgrade-help/) * Thread Starter [pschwar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/) * (@pschwar) * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-your-database-is-out-of-date-please-upgrade-help/#post-640060) * Hi all and thanks for the help! * I manually upgraded from v2.1.3 (thanks MichaelH) to v2.3. The upgrade appeared to go just fine, however I still receive this message… ([http://www.finlandforthought.net/wp-admin/upgrade.php](http://www.finlandforthought.net/wp-admin/upgrade.php)) * ``` Database Upgrade Required Your WordPress database is out-of-date, and must be upgraded before you can continue. The upgrade process may take a while, so please be patient. Upgrade WordPress » ``` * …and I noticed that all my categories are missing, each posted is listed as “ uncategorized”. * Any thoughts?? Why would my database be “out-of-date”?? * Thanks!! * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Two simple questions about user access rights](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-simple-questions-about-user-access-rights/) * Thread Starter [pschwar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/) * (@pschwar) * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-simple-questions-about-user-access-rights/#post-536446) * > What is Akismet? * [http://akismet.com/](http://akismet.com/) * …I thought everyone was using Akismet! So then what’s the best non-CAPTCHA anti- spam plugin out there? * > Role Manager. * Great, thanks HandySolo & breakingball!! * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Two simple questions about user access rights](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-simple-questions-about-user-access-rights/) * Thread Starter [pschwar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/) * (@pschwar) * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-simple-questions-about-user-access-rights/#post-536219) * Anyone? 🙂 * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Transferring blog from one server to another](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/transferring-blog-from-one-server-to-another/) * Thread Starter [pschwar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/) * (@pschwar) * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/transferring-blog-from-one-server-to-another/#post-506713) * Is there a better way to track the error? All I get is a blank screen, not much help. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Transferring blog from one server to another](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/transferring-blog-from-one-server-to-another/) * Thread Starter [pschwar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/) * (@pschwar) * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/transferring-blog-from-one-server-to-another/#post-506712) * Nope, address didn’t change. I migrated three other blogs over, all worked just fine. It’s just this one giving me problems. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 42 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/replies/page/3/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pschwar/replies/page/2/?output_format=md)