Questions tagged [database]
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What information does log_civicrm_group keep? How is it useful?
Do you use the log_civicrm_group logs? Our log file is now about 300MB - quite crazy. Are records of removal and adding contacts to groups stored here? Thats information we would like to keep. How do ...
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Upgrade fails with CiviCRM_API3_Exception: “API error: Could not delete payment processor type”
In upgrading to 5.20+ an error occured while running the database Case upgrade scripts.
Deletion Error
There is a Payment Processor associated with selected Payment Processor type, hence it can not ...
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Field size job.run_frequency
Is it possible to make the size of the field run_frequency in the table job greater?
It is now 8, but if would be 10 then the translation for 'daily' will not be truncated (not for me in this case).
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Trigger Rebuild Is Not Working
I am getting this error " [nativecode=1442 ** Can't update table 'civicrm_contact' in stored function/trigger because it is already used by statement which invoked this stored function/trigger.]" ...
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How to fix transaction mistakes in CiviEvent & CiviContribute
In CiviEvent, had a user that mistook chargeback for refund then using the Line Item Edit extension made more mistakes. The result is that for one event payee shows $500 refund more than correct. Upon ...
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How to loop and update BAO objects
I was trying to be down with the cool kids and use DB_Object models for a looped database update. I've found somethning I thought should work, but doesn't so I must be doing/understanding something ...
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Created and Last Change Data
Created and where is the Last Change data held?
Can I get information about the table location in SQL.
System:
Joomla! 3.9.10
CiviCRM 5.18.2
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Database error when saving CiviCRM event: “Row size too large”
I'm using CiviCRM in multilingual mode. I can generally create events (and other objects) fine. However, I often run into update problems at some point. The interface will "spin" and never save.
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SOLVED!! DB Error: no such table ERROR searching erroneous ACL table
I have read other related questions but I do not see a match with my mistake.
Civicrm version 4.7.31 Drupal 7.67 MySQL 5.6.42 PHP7.1
After migrating from civicrm 4.5.8 and php5.6 everything works fine ...
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Strange Text Appearing in Contact Address Area
My CiviCRM installation is showing weird text around the address area of each contact entry.
The weird text disappears when I try to edit the address, but when I finish the edits the weird text ...
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CiviCRM on Azure Not Finding the Server
I am trying to install CiviCRM on Azure using the Wordpress for Linux web app and it appears CiviCRM is failing to find the MYSQL server. I've checked many times to see if the database information, ...
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Database error when using CiviCRM admin UI: “Row size too large”
I'm helping on a site that is on a different server than usual and see this error regularly in the back end when trying to complete various tasks (e.g. clear caches, run database updates, etc.)
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Recommendations or Experiences on Archiving Mailing Data
We have an instance that has been using CiviMail extensively for years.
The civicrm_mailing and civicrm_activiy tables far exceed the number of records of any other tables.
It seems likely that these ...
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Wordpress Civicrm_acl_contact_cache Table got Deleted
I am using CiviCRM wordpress version 5.12.3 - For some reason Civicrm_acl_contact_cache table got deleted
I am sure no one has Database access (apart from me). But still the table got deleted. Also, ...
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Where is 'Payment Method' stored in the database for a Contribution “Payment Details”?
Simple question! What table is this in, where do I find it? Latest Civi/Drupal
This is on a contribution detail page. I updated the payment_instrument_id in civicrm_contribute but it does not change ...
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Database Syntax Error when attempting upgrade
I have a website that is on Drupal 7 and I am attempting to upgrade the version of Civi from 5.10 to 5.13 but when I attempt to upgrade it, I'm receiving the following error:
Database Error Code: ...
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Insert and Get New ID in Extension
Within a new extension, in a form's postProcess function, I am inserting into a non-Civi table (separate mysql database/table). What is the proper way to execute a MySQL insert statement and retrieve ...
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How to Export/Import all CiviCRM data from one website to another one
I am recreating my website on another server. So my big concern is how to move all CRM data to new server/website.
To do separately exporting/importing contacts, membership, activities etc. is not so ...
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What is the server IP in database trigger definitions?
We just did a MySQL server migration. I completely cleared out all the triggers and executed
https://test.sdcbcdream.org/wp-admin/admin.php?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/menu/rebuild&reset=1&...
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Correct database collation recommendation
I now get the following warning under CiviCRM Status:
Future versions of CiviCRM may require MySQL utf8mb4 support. It is
recommended, though not yet required, to configure your MySQL server
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Upgrade from 5.11.0 to 5.12. failing database update - solution found
I'm failing because mysql doesn't like characters in a city name:
UPDATE civicrm_state_province INNER JOIN civicrm_country ON civicrm_state_province.country_id = civicrm_country.id SET ...
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Best practice for finishing a CiviCRM session? Close browser window? log out? does it matter?
When finished working in CiviCRM, is there a practical difference in terms of the health of my database between simply closing my Civi browser window vs explicitly logging out? We run on drupal...
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How do I use CiviCRM with LDAP?
I tried to get the CiviCRM LDAP integration working.
I used the LDAPcivi 'extension' (GitHub). And got it running quite quickly. But when I tried to connect with Thunderbird I ran into trouble. This ...
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Split Data from Wordpress Database
On my initial setup, I had installed CiviCRM onto the same database as the Wordpress installation.
Now I want to split this as I am migrating the website and would rather backup and have a copy of the ...
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CiviCRM database issue with views and the definer
We have a website using CiviCRM that was recently switched from Drupal to WordPress as well as to a new server.
Everything on the website is working properly and they have had no issues with CiviCRM.
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Is there a best practice or recipe for migrating a two database CiviCRM installation into one database?
I am replicating a Drupal 7 CiviCRM installation into a Pantheon CiviCRM Kickstart site. I have gone through the tedious effort of moving the Drupal content and settings from a default Drupal profile ...
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URL Query String - Phone Number
How can I add a phone number in a URL query string in CiviCRM?
Goal: To bring up all records associated with that number
Thank you,
Laurie
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What is the purpose of the active / disabled buttons for campaigns?
I feel like this answer will be super obvious, but I'm unable to find an answer in Civi's documents. I feel like the campaign status sums up the state of the campaign so I'm just wondering what info ...
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Your database settings don't appear to be correct. All green, but still error!
trying to install CiviCRM with Wordpress and I get the red DB error BUT all the line items are green.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
WP: 4.9.10
CiviCRM: 4.7.30 Wordpress
Mysql: 5.7 on Azure
Added ...
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Search Builder Smart Group with Latitude, Street Address criteria 1292 Truncated DB Error
CiviCRM 5.9.1. Issue has occurred since an upgrade from version 4.7.17. The Smart Group/Contact Group in question is built on two simple search builder criteria:
Contacts Primary Street Address is ...
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How can I safely revert to earlier version of CiviCRM without reverting the database?
I am using Drupal 7.64. Everything was working fine on my site with CiviCRM 5.10.2.
I upgraded to 5.10.3 and two days later discovered that it broke an event registration page that relies on the ...
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I get a WSOD when I use the search function on CiviCRM
CiviCRM was working fine until I downloaded an extension called CiviRules. I looked into the API for field UFMatch, clicked around in there, and pressed execute (got no warning that it was going to ...
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CiviCRM 5.9.1 Cannot Read Database Information
CiviCRM 5.9.1 WordPress 5.0.3 PHP 7.2
Upgraded after migration between servers from 4.7.29 w/o issue. When I went inside the CiviCRM it asked me to redo everything like a new install. I went to the ...
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Database Error - unsure what the issue is
this morning I started encountering database issues - the only thing I can think of is the upgrade to 5.9 that we did yesterday.
First discovery was the Cron error - via log.
Jan 17 10:15:02 [...
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DB Error: constraint violation on anonymous user event registration after 5.8.2 -> 5.9.0 update
After updating from 5.8.2 to 5.9.0, anonymous users suddenly get the above error when trying to register for an event.
Anyone a good hint how to resolve that? Thanks
Debug log shows
Datenbank-...
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Multilingual and multidomain: “unknown column” DB error. How to set preferred language for child domains?
I am running CiviCRM v.5.4.0 in a WordPress (v.4.9.9) multisite. The WordPress main site is CiviCRM Domain_ID 1, and each WordPress child site has a different CiviCRM Domain_ID. This has been working ...
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How to get CiviCRM Views to work in Drupal 8 with separate CiviCRM database
When setting up a Drupal 8 with separate CiviCRM database, the Drupal views cannot read the CiviCRM database:
SQLSTATE[42S02]: Base table or view not found: 1146 Table
'xxx.civicrm_contact' ...
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Wordpress: MyISAM Database Engine Error after update
After update to Civicrm 5.8.0 I got a:
MyISAM Database Engine
Your database is configured to use the MyISAM database engine. CiviCRM requires InnoDB. You will need to convert any MyISAM tables in ...
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Hosting Provider for CiviCRM
I am trying to install my CiviCRM instance on my current drupal installation that is my website which is hosted by the webgo24.de. During installation I get an error „DB Error“ and after some emails ...
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Ran direct SQL update to bulk update contact names, changes not appearing until editing and saving
I'm finishing up a migration to CiviCRM from a homegrown Python application I wrote, and without going into too much detail as to the why, I needed to do a bulk update of all the contact name fields ...
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Completely lost. Help!
No one at our organization knows how to use Civi. The person who set it up is no longer on staff. How do we even get in touch with someone? We urgently need to get into our account on the Civi website ...
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I would like a complete list of features via email please
My problem is asking for a list of features through this difficult portal.
I hope the software isn't as user unfriendly as this portal.
Please send list of features to my work email address = ...
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What is the best way for an end user to get all the contact and activity data from the database?
Our group is using CiviCRM to house membership data for a small food cooperative. We've lost our web developer and we're trying to get all of our data out of CiviCRM with only the user interface ...
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How will I maintain versioning of civicrm in github?
I customized a civicrm. I want to put on github.I cannot maintain a mysql database versioning. How can I do that?
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Could not create database trigger (AWS, RDS)
How can I fix this issue about database trigger. I attached the screenshot for the info. Thanks so much for the help]1
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Upgrade to CiviCRM 4.3 failing on DROP FOREIGN KEY
I have successfully upgraded many other CiviCRM installations over the years, but I've been unable to work my way through this issue so far.
Ubuntu 14.04
MySQL 5.7.23
Apache/2.4.7
PHP Version 5.6....
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Error Upgrading DB to 4.7.18: SQL
[Error: Upgrade DB to 4.7.18: SQL]
[nativecode=1062 ** Duplicate entry 'Chandigarh-1101' for key 'UI_name_country_id']
How can I fix the error as given below:
INSERT INTO `civicrm_state_province` (...
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Wordpress CiviCRM site unusable after database upgrade from 5.4.0 to 5.5.1
I'm relatively new to CiviCRM and am trying to get a client set up with the platform. I like it overall, it seems much more usable than most I've touched in the past.
All seemed to be going well ...
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Running 2 civicrm instances on 1 database
I have one mySQL database and one Apache webserver. Can I still run 2 separate wordpress/Civicrm environments (like staging and production)?
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Where is the developer documentation for making core CiviCRM database changes, to the schema and to the initial data?
I'm working on a (newer) PR for CRM-19751, which requires some database schema changes and addition of an option group with its options. Obviously I knew something about this when I created the ...
