Questions tagged [database]
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Error on "New Contact" after update to CiviCRM 5.45.1. System Status: OK (Joomla! 3.10.5)
The error is: Sorry, due to an error, we are unable to fulfill your request at the moment. You may want to contact your administrator or service provider with more details about what action you were ...
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Is there a search index that needs to be updated so CiviCRM Advanced search can find custom field data that was added directly to the database?
Is there a search index that needs to be updated so CiviCRM Advanced search can find custom field data that was added directly to the database?
I created a custom field for Individuals (which is set ...
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Do I need to change our database collations?
I just stumbled upon this problem, which was due to fields in some tables having conflicting collations. Thanks to the answer to that question I solved our immediate problem.
But looking around I see ...
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Move data from field to another field as a batch
I recently have taken over managing CiviCRM for an orchestra in Holland. Some fields have been used inconsistently, for example Nickname and First Name. I now need to copy all data in Nickname to ...
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Unable to import database dump - triggers
I had a problem importing a database dump because of some trigger errors. I'm not sure exactly what caused these errors (may have had something to do with custom case activities, which we use quite a ...
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Database Errors When Recording Membership Contributions
I have an error happening in both my dev and production sites. I have attempted everything I can think of such as clearing the cache, rebuilding the menus, deleted and recreated triggers, upgradded to ...
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WordPress Version 5.8.1, CiviCRM 5.18 plugin installed, but DB upgrade fails from civi 5.17.5 -> 5.18
I saved a backup and I can revert, but I'd like to go forward with this upgrade. Can anyone please tell me how to fix this? Thanks in advance.
I am upgrading from 5.17.5 (the last patch of 5.17) to 5....
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How to split CiviCRM multiple database values with SQL?
The CiviCRM database stores multiple values as a varchar field (a string with separator characters). For example, the IDs 3, 9 and 15 are internally saved as #3#9#15# (where # is in fact the character ...
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How to write update script
What I am trying to achieve - is to write a custom module(CiviCRM extension)/script, which should update( Run small SQL query to update about a missing "Module" )
Basically - what the script ...
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Contribution made "on behalf of an organization" leads to Warnings in DAO.php & DB Error: no such field
We have CiviCRM 5.39 and Wordpress 5.8 and have discovered a persistent issue arising in our contribution forms whenever we enable the donate "on behalf of an organization" option (Both when ...
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Where are checksums stored in the database?
Where are checksums stored in the database? Is there any considerations to the limitations of how many checksums can be created at once in a mailing? If I send a checksum email to ~250,000 will that ...
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Can't connect to separate database
Trying a new install of CiviCRM 5.3.9 using a separate Wordpress database. Wordpress, MySQL and PHP are confirmed required versions. Path is definitely correct using mysql://USER:PASSWORD@localhost:...
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Event Calendar database error
I installed the Event Calendar extension on a Wordpress (5.7.2) site with CIVICRM 5.37.2. I followed the installation instructions and added the [event_calendar component="event-calendar" ...
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Will this solution safely reduce the disk size of my database
I need to reduce the size of my Civi database.
I've done a bunch of reading and have found what looks like a solution. Please will someone step in to advise if this solution (below) is the way to go, ...
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Drupal 9 View Shows Permission Denied For CiviCRM Tables
I have my Drupal 9 database and my CiviCRM database in two separate databases on the same Amazon MySQL Aurora instance. The setup in our dev environment is identical and is working perfectly. However, ...
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Including contacts that have done multiple activities in one search
I'm trying to build a list of people who did one specific activity (which was send an email) that have done other activities as well (trying to find activists). How do I build this list?
Trying to ...
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DB Error: no such field in pear-core-minimal after Civicrm Migration
After civicrm migration following https://docs.civicrm.org/sysadmin/en/latest/misc/switch-servers/
with Akeeba on Wordpress, civicrm breaks wordpress, the
Apache error log says: see below.
Can anybody ...
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Add a custom field as a column in relationship tab
I added a column in relationship tab, to do that I edited the civicrm/CRM/Contact/BAO/Relationship.php
I already added columns with fields existing in the base of civicrm but now I'm trying to add a ...
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Corrupt installation during upgrade to 5.37.2 on Joomla 3.9.26
I have run into some trouble trying to upgrade from and old version of Civi to version 5.37.2 on Joomla 3.9.26 running on PHP 7.3.27 and MySql 5.7.32-35.
The initial problem was that I could not get ...
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Schema check option
I just had a problem when some of my tables referenced another one with a foreign key which had no values in its column. This seems to me a corruption and fairly basic to check.
Is there some ...
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database upgrade script failing: Call to undefined method CRM_Upgrade_Incremental_php_FourOne::getMajorMinor()
I'm trying to upgrade CiviCRM in a Joomla 3.9.26 environment from 5.25.0 to 5.37.0.
I ran the file installation, cleared the media/template_c folder, then tried to run the database upgrade script. I ...
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Upgrade to version 5.37 - Database error
I have avoided upgrading for quite a while, but went ahead finally. Here is the error received below, and am completely unsure where to go to edit the field length. Or is the solution to rollback and ...
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Change Log Tab Excrutiatingly Slow - Poorly Performing Query and Fix (from 8 minutes down to 4 seconds)
The page takes about 8 minutes to return which is absurdly slow for anything expected to be remotely interactive. It is so slow that my client is referring to it as the "Triangle of Doom".
I ...
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Poorly performing unindexed query on log tables
While investigating a CiviCRM performance issue, I came across this query:
SELECT *
FROM `civicrm`.`log_civicrm_activity_contact`
WHERE log_conn_id = ?
AND id = ?
ORDER BY log_date DESC limit ...
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Redundant Indexes
It looks like there are several redundant or partly redundant indexes that civicrm creates on the database. Some of this may be storage engine specific (e.g. InnoDB), but some isn't.
civicrm_contact:
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How to query data changes?
I'd love to query data changes in CiviCRM. I know many things are journalized, can this be queried ? How can it be queried ?
I'm a french guy. I may not use the right words, I just hope you see what I ...
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One database table very large
Database table Table: civicrm_contact_push_notification_messages
Is huge. 51GB to be precise.
The main field is %display_name has created activity.
Is this the table that shows up what emails have ...
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missing config_backend in civicrm_domain table, templates_c directory and Config.IDS.ini after migration
I didn't do the database dumps or file backups for this migration of CiviCRM on wordpress, so could it be a problem I can solve without going back to the old host?
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CiviCRM WordPress uninstall - db issue
Uninstall CiviCRM from WordPress, is creating me a big issue.
I needed to uninstall CiviCRM (5.31.1) from a production site, saving all theme and others settings.
CiviCRM went away without uninstall ...
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Merging much of a large well-used database to a new install... even possible?
Is it totally crazy to think of creating a new Civi install (have one set up in Drupal 9 already) and merging a well-used Civi database into it, table by table? We've had our Civi install since around ...
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How can I delete a custom field (other than GUI)?
I had a custom field group with a disabled field.
When I tried to delete the field (ID=59), the Warning window froze with CRM logo rotating.
When I tried to enable the field, it gave Error about DB ...
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Upgrade database URL loops to WP login screen but works on a cloned staging site
Experiencing a strange situation where the database upgrade url worked perfectly for a testing site but not for the live site.
I successfully tested the upgrade with a cloned staging site without a ...
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What are your typical mail size batches and delviery times?
What are your typical mail sizes and time to complete mail job? Looking for comparisons...
We are having lots of mail delivery problems on a new highly customised install of Civi v5.27.1 (MariaDB v10....
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DB error in 'civicrm_group_roles' module
When I log in to my site and I have the civicrm_group_roles module enabled, I'm getting this generic error in the browser:
Error
The website encountered an unexpected error. Please try again later.
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Database Issue: DB Error: no such field
There was a similar post recently about a similar issue but I'm not positive they are related. I am having issues when trying to add or work with any contact in the system. The error is:
DB Error: no ...
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CiviCRM Cannot Connect To Aurora DB
I am trying to switch from RDS to Aurora DB for test site to see if it is viable. I am confused with the first problem I am running into and I am not sure why CiviCRM would have this issue. Drupal 8 ...
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CiviCRM database
I had a previous install of CiviCRM that was connected to a database that had to be changed for Wordpress site. Now, setting up CiviCRM again, I discover (in civicrm.settings.php) CiviCRM and the ...
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database error when finishing update to 5.32
I'm running CiviCRM in Wordpress 5.6
I tried upgrading from CiviCRM 5.21 to 5.32 following this process: https://docs.civicrm.org/sysadmin/en/latest/upgrade/wordpress/
Now, the last step is visiting ...
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DB: No such field! Error message
We're just a very small charity trying to put this together with limited experience.
I had set up some custom fields for the database but some changes to those fields was requested which I made and ...
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utfmb4 conversion gone wrong - Some columns in the databse have utf8mb4_general_ci others utf8mb4_unicode_ci causing and Illegal mix of collations
I've recently run utf8mb conversion (through API explorer) on civi 5.28. Everything seemed OK, but now whenever I try to access events dashboard I get Illegal mix of collations (utf8mb4_general_ci,...
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"Find Respondents to Reserve" - DB Error: syntax error
System Info
Wordpress ver. 5.5.3
SQL: 10.3.24-MariaDB-log-cll-lve - MariaDB Server
Server:
Cloudlinux 3.10.0-962.3.2.lve1.5.38.el7.x86_64
Apache 2.4.46
PHP 7.4
Issue is in both Civi ver 5.31.0 and ...
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DB error for sort_name when adding contacts with long names in 2 bytes UTF8 characters
The problem occurs when I try to add a contact (in the example it's an organization) with long name in Cyrillic (multiple words in it's name). I get the nativecode=1406 ** Data too long for column '...
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What does it mean to "configure your MySQL server for utf8mb4 support" when my database charset and collation are already utf8mb4?
I am about to run the CiviCRM installer, but I get the following warning:
CiviCRM MySQL utf8mb4 Support: It is recommended, though not yet required, to configure your MySQL server for utf8mb4 support. ...
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Lost database on civicrm
I have been working on my membership database on civicrm for the last 4 years and since March I have not been able to access it.
I normally type this on google https://hlpacivicrm.esptest.co.uk/cms/wp-...
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Preparing for move to utfbmb4 should I limit character length?
I'm looking into moving our database to utf8mb4 - as indicated will be required in the future. I've been trying to find information about the possible impact in doing so and I found this post: https://...
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Migrate from Drupal to WordPress - 'DB Error: no such table'
I'm following the methodology at https://docs.civicrm.org/sysadmin/en/latest/misc/switching-cms/drupal-to-wordpress/ to migrate from Drupal to WordPress. After importing the database tables to the ...
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CiviCRM on WordPress wont Install Issue
I'm brand new to CiviCRM and have been asked in stall in a test site and review how it works.
I have the latest WP 5.5 installed.
I've uploaded CiviCRM via ftp to the plug ins folder.
I went to the ...
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Moving all contacts from CiviCRM to Kepla
my organisation is currently switching from CiviCRM to Kepla. I'm wondering about the best way to export all contacts information out of Civi and import it into Kepla. I have been able to export ...
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Different Schema / Database in Multisite
We're planning to use CiviCRM for a large number of voters (~10M voters).
This questions is related to the one here.
We were wondering if it's possible to split these 10M voters into different schemas....
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Using CiviCRM + S3 for ~10M contacts
We're planning to use CiviCRM for a large number of voters (~10M voters). Most of these voters will never be contacted and so we don't need all of them in CiviCRM. We'd like to store these contacts in ...