Installing Version 8 with existing Database

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Hi,

I wonder if anyone can help, I'm in the process of creating a site using Concrete5 (only the second one I've done so far) and tried updating the site to version 8. When doing this I receive the error "SQLSTATE[42S22]: Column not found: 1054 Unknown column 'sessionLifeTime' in 'field list' "

Due to this I tried exporting the database and doing a fresh install of version 8, which worked fine until I reinstalled the database from the previous version and then I got the same error.

As far as I can gather this is a reference to a column in the database which didn't exist in the previous incarnation. I've actually tried adding the column to the Sessions table, but then receive further errors.

Is there a simple solution to this that I am unaware of (I'm no php/sql expert by any means)?

Many thanks.

 
MrKDilkington replied on at Permalink Reply
MrKDilkington
Hi mikebenton,

I don't believe a 5.7 database export will work if used in a v8 site.

The recommendation for updating an existing 5.7 site is to update to the latest 5.7.5.12 and then to 8.0.2.
wheatley replied on at Permalink Reply
Hi, thanks for the reply, sorry I forgot to mention that I had upgraded to 5.7.5.12 prior to the 8.0.2 update
wheatley replied on at Permalink Reply
I didn't find a solution to this so resorted to a fresh install of 8.0.2 and new database and rebuilt the contents of the site, which fortunately aren't extensive at present.
StevieB replied on at Permalink Reply
Hi,

I just thought I would add my own experience for anyone else finding this thread after having the same issue. I was updating a site from 5.7.5.13 to 8.1.0.

Due to hosting my clients sites on a cloud (shared) hosting environment, I can only do manual updates because of a line in concrete>config>concrete.php (under White labeling) needing to be changed from 'handler' => 'file' to 'handler' => 'database' , otherwise Concrete5 just doesn't work.

First I tried uploading the concrete folder and replacing the original directory. This did not work and gave me the same SQLSTATE message you received. I was able to return to the previous installation simply by re-uploading the original concrete folder from my backup, always backup first kids!

Next I uploaded the concrete5-8.1.0 folder containing just the concrete folder into the updates folder and ran the update from the Dashboard with the same failure.
This time I had to go into the folder application>config> and rename the file update.php to broken.update.php and then go into updates and rename the concrete5-8.1.0 folder to broken.concrete5-8.1.0. This effectively put the site back to it's original working configuration. I was then able to delete update.php file and the v8 folder safely.

I have not figured out a way to safely update to version 8 yet but was at least able to recover to the previous version.

If anyone has figured out what the problem is so we can update I would love to know. I could just wipe the site and start again (not much in there yet), but that is a little too defeatist for me! ;)
WillemAnchor replied on at Permalink Reply
WillemAnchor
Hi,
I am experiencing the same problem when trying to upgrade from 5.7.5.13 to 8.2.1.

Did anyone find a solution for this ?
jackobean replied on at Permalink Reply
I know this is an old thread, but I figure if I am just now discovering this issue on one of my sites that others may as well.

To correct this specific issue I simply logged into my phpmyadmin and added a column named "sessionLifeTime" as an integer with max length of 10 to the "Sessions" table.

The next time I tried the update it completed successfully!

Hope this helps someone.
ymhymzk replied on at Permalink Reply
I had the same problem, but as you as wrote added 'sessionLifeTime' , so it solved. thanks!
losttheplot replied on at Permalink Reply
ALTER TABLE `Sessions` ADD `sessionLifeTime` INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AFTER `sessionTime`;