BUG: Upgrade.php

[sledgeweb]

I'm trying to update from RC2 to RC3, using the update package. This upgrade.php script has some major problems.

It froze at the beggining, when there are two bars... "UPDATING INDEXES" or something like that. I searched here for some fixes, but didn't find anything relevant - something about changing the maxscript varaible in the URL or something, but I don't have that variable in the URL.

So, I tried pressing CONTINUE over and over again. What happens is, in firefox, you hit CONTINUE, and then after about 30 seconds, a FireFox dialogue box pops open saying YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO OPEN UPGRADE.PHP. WHAT SHOULD FIREFOX DO WITH THIS FILE? The default is OPEN WITH DREAMWEAVER. It's doing this because the page didn't load properly or something. In IE, it just gives a server error page.

So, I kept closing the dialogue boxes, and pressing CONTINUE, and after pressing that button about 50 times, it finally went through. Now it is about 30% done, stuck on UPDATING CALENDAR, and is doing the same thing. I guess I'll try to keep pressing CONTINUE and CLOSING the dialogue boxes... but, I think we really need to have a better way to upgrade.

I'm running on a dedicated server, so I don't think it is a problem in that regard (shared hosting or something). I suppose all of this is how it is supposed to work though, according to the note on the page, "Don't worry, nothing's wrong".

[gio2vanna]

Same problem step=2;maint=1;substep=40;s=1

[sledgeweb]

Yeah, the second place I got stuck was:
step=2;maint=1;substep=38;s=1

Now it is stuck at
step=2;maint=1;substep=40;s=1

I can't tell you how frustrating this has been. I've been doing this routine for the last 3 or 4 hours now.

[kegobeer]

How large is your forum?  If you don't press the continue button, does your forum continue the upgrade process?

[gio2vanna]

How large is your forum?  If you don't press the continue button, does your forum continue the upgrade process?

Nothing moves...
If I press the continue button (I have to) a firefox pop opens , aka server error.
Here is a screenshot of my current state: hxxp:img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=messageiz6.jpg [nonactive]

Edit: The forum is quite large

[kegobeer]

How large is your forum?

[sledgeweb]

Database backup is 55MB if that gives you any indication of the forum size. Why does this matter though? Should you not be able to upgrade your forum if it is over a certain size?

[kegobeer]

How long did you wait before pressing the continue button?  Very large forums can take a long time to update.

[sledgeweb]

Well, one thing I don't understand is WHEN to press continue. I assume as soon as the hourglass goes away, the page isn't doing anything anymore, so that is when I hit continue. That was at the beginning.

Now, when I press continue, as described, I get the firefox popup after about 30 seconds - close that, then hit continue again, repeat.

Is there another script that is running in the background that has to finish before we hit continue?

[kegobeer]

Even if nothing seems to be happening, you do not have to press any buttons.  When the server finishes the current task, the page will refresh.

How long did you wait?  A few seconds?  A few minutes?

[sledgeweb]

The page says to hit continue, so, when the page seems like it isn't loading, I hit continue. At most a few minutes. Now, the OPEN FILE dialogue comes up about every 30 seconds, so I close it and hit continue.

The whole process and instructions are very unclear and ambiguous. The CONTINUE button is always there, so how do you know when to hit it, and when not to hit it? I assume you hit it when the page is no longer loading/working/processing.

So, when it says updating calendar or whatever, what is actually doing the updating? Is it the upgrade.php script, or has it launched some other script / server command, that processes independently of upgrade.php?

[sledgeweb]

Uh... thanks for moving the thread, but this is a BUG REPORT- the title is a hint. I don't think there is anything anyone can do to help me install it at this point - it's a problem that needs to be fixed in future releases of SMF. My understanding is that BUG REPORTS belong in the CODING board.

[kegobeer]

I performed an upgrade today and didn't suffer from any of these problems.  There haven't been any other reports except for these two.  If a developer feels this is an actual bug report, it will be moved and added to the tracker.

[sledgeweb]

Actually,there have been other reports: http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=63627.0

So, now I'm screwed... my site has all day said "Don't worry, we will be back shortly with an updated forum. It will only be a minute ." Nice... "it will only be minute"... so far, 480 minutes and counting...

So, is there no way for a "big" forum to update? Should I just put all my RC2 files back and restore my database and just leave the PHP security hole there? I don't understand the solution here...

"Upgrade.php isn't working"

"You have a big site?"

"Yes"

"Oh. I've never had any problems. If the developers think it's a problem at somepoint they'll fix it, but I'm moving your post to a thread where it is less likely to be seen by developers."

[mytreo]

Anyone ever find a solution to this?

I'm having the exact same problem on substep 151, have tried all the supposed solutions mentioned here and in linked threads but nothing changes - still keeps trying to download upgrade.php and won't budge past the step. Forum size is ~ 200MB.

[SleePy]

change substep from 151 to 152 and see if it will continue.

Can you give a more detailed url that you are at? Would help to know where you are in the upgrade

[struikrover]

I'm upgrading to 1.1.3, and when the db backup finishes , the page is stuck at:
Updating and creating indexes...
    Updating indexes on "messages"...

Tried a lot, but nothing seems to work....
HELP plz!

[mytreo]

change substep from 151 to 152 and see if it will continue.

Can you give a more detailed url that you are at? Would help to know where you are in the upgrade

The full url was

upgrade.php?step=2;maint=1;substep=151;m=276480

In the end I managed to successfully complete the upgrade. I had to keep changing the substep, but once it got to 158 it then continued properly and finished the upgrade.

[SleePy]

struikrover,

The messages table is big. It may take the upgrade script time to complete the upgrades across the messages table.
It should be auto-refreshing and continue to update the messages table.