Upgrade to 0.8-alpha11, can't add plugings/comments

[paulwhit]

I recently upgraded my Serendipity install from 7.1 to 0.8-alpha11, and I now cannot add new plugins or comments. In the comments arena, I get an email about the comment being added, but it does not appear in the list.

I can add new blog entries without a problem, and can change appearance settings and existing plugins.

Also, it appears that my serendipity_config table had become corrupted before the upgrade, and I had to REPAIR it in order for my installation to work (it said something about number of rows in the table being different than expected). This may be an unrelated issue, or may be the underlying cause to the above not working.

Any ideas?

My blog is located at http://paulw.us

Thanks!

[garvinhicking]

How did you upgrade your Serendipity exactly? It seems the automatic upgrader did not successfully execute all queries, and I need to see which steps you've taken.

Please also tell us which Database and version you're using?

Regards,
Garvin

[dblanken]

I also have this same problem--I upgraded from 0.7.1, but I did not see an upgrade to the snapshot version from 0.7.1. Am I looking in the wrong place?

[garvinhicking]

dblanken, you mean a 0.8 snapshot, right?

If so, my same questions I asked are valid for you, too:

How did you upgrade your Serendipity exactly? It seems the automatic upgrader did not successfully execute all queries, and I need to see which steps you've taken.

Please also tell us which Database and version you're using?

[paulwhit]

For my upgrade, I cleared out my serendipity directory, unarchived the snapshot, and navigated to the index page in the browser. I followed the prompts and used the same database.

I'm running MySQL version 4.0.22

Thanks,
Paul

[garvinhicking]

This was wrong. We tell you in the installation and upgrade notes to not clear out your directory.

You now have an inconsistent database. Please unpack your backup and try again without erasing your serendipity directory.

The other way is to edit your serendipity_config_local.inc.php and set the versionInstalled directive to "0.7.1" and then access your blog again. This time it will upgrade your blog properly.

Regards,
Garvin

[paulwhit]

Changing the version in the config file seemed to do the trick. Thanks for the help. Perhaps I will read the docs next time