Questions tagged [database]
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moving DB to a new server - PHP errors
I have been attempting to move a civi install to a new site with little success. I know I have managed this before with another site, so I am especially mystified.
I have reviewed the the guide at ...
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Reinstall Summary Fields Not Creating Triggers
I have uninstalled and reinstalled Summary Fields a couple of times trying to get the triggers to show up on the admin screen as having been recreated. I started looking into this because we have a ...
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How to troubleshoot DB Error: no database selected
I'm upgrading to Drupal 8. My database logins in civicrm.settings.php are correct but I continue to get this error. I'm just trying to load the dashboard at /civicrm.
Is there a way to produce more ...
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'DB Error - No Such Table' — CiviCase in Drupal 7
I have a Drupal 7 + CiviCRM database with CiviCase.
This is a fairly new install. I would say CiviCRM was installed fresh about 3-4 months ago. As of now, CiviCRM has been upgraded to the latest ...
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CIVIRM CV TOOL 0.3.2 trying to upgrade dbase 4.6.10 to 5.25 (or at least 4.7.13)
So i have a clean joomla 3.9 install and 5.25 codebase installed, I put the 4.6.10 database on there and ran the cv tool:
cv:upgrade db –test
It showed codebase 5.25 and database verison 4.6.10 so ...
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civicrm_contact_push_notification_messages table huge
We installed Civimobile as a test, and aren't yet using it. It does look great!
We have noticed a file on our server of gigantic proportions:
civicrm/civicrm_contact_push_notification_messages.ibd: ...
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When exporting data from CheckBox field, can value of be different from what is displayed?
When exporting data from a custom CheckBox field, can the value of the data exported be different from what is displayed? For example, the checkbox Multiple choice is labeled "Asked" but I would ...
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Civi is slowing down my website
Our website is hosted on Drupal 7 but is tied to our database in civi 5.14. We are experiencing a surge in new registrations which require people to fill out a full page of information that then gets ...
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How do I find the number of our association's members at the end of each calendar year?
I'm using Reports, Membership Reports, Membership Summary. In the filter section it seems to require "Member
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CiviCRM will not load the database [duplicate]
I am doing a fresh install of CiviCRM. Civi is using the WP database. When I use the Installer, I get the error "CiviCRM data from previous installation exists in 'db_WPyadayada'. Is there a way to ...
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Import Contacts to CiviCRM using SQL query
How to import contacts to CiviCRM using SQL query? It should include the Group name too.
I have a huge database need to import in CiviCRM, currently getting timeout error if I upload more than 1000 ...
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When reinstalling CiviCRM, it will not allow connection to a database with preexisting data
I am reinstalling CiviCRM on Wordpress after Civi quit quit working. I deleted the folder civicrm in /plugins and also in /uploads. This allowed me to upload the new plugin version of Civi and took ...
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I get an error “One of parameters (value: sort_name) is not of the type MysqlColumnNameOrAlias” when trying to access most of my data
Okay, I'm new at this - honestly, probably not skilled enough to be doing this, but my organization has no money, so, well, I'm it.
I installed on WordPress last year, and everything generally went ...
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Create a Google Map showing positions for every contact in a group
we need to create a web page which shows a Google Map of an area, having pins of all contacts in that area.
is there an extension that could manage the dataset creation?
If not, what are the SQL ...
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Can't install CiviCRM on Wordpress (error Database)
I try a several times to install CiviCRM on my Wordpress. But the Check before show problems with the database. I checked everything a several times but no success.
Wordpress is running on a hosting ...
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Upgrade to 5.15.alpha1 fails due to “Incorrect key file for table” database error
Trying to carry out an upgrade of civicrm. It fails when trying to upgrade the database to 5.15.alpha1 due to "Incorrect key file for table" when trying to create an index called index_all. The table ...
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CiviCRM Membership data to external Database
I'm new to Joomla, CiviCRM and PHP, but looking to help with a small project. I'm looking to grab the members data from CiviCRM and transfer (or update if users already exist) into a different ...
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SOLVED CiviMobile: DB Error in adding a Participant to an Event
I have an issue with the database for which I find no solution, even after intensive search on Internet.
It now unables me to add a Participant to an Event. And even has consequences on adding ...
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CiviCRM Report - Sorting DB error
when I'm preparing a report (Event Participants) through CiviCRM Report module and I want to sort the results by anything (age, name, etc) I am getting a fatal error: DB ERROR: No such field
I'm ...
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Deadlocks on a high load of contact inserts
We use CiviCRM 5.21.2 with Drupal 7.69 and Webform together with webform_civicrm to provide petitions. The petitions ask for address and email. So every petition signature creates a contact with email ...
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Issue exporting and importing Contacts / Membership data
first time posting and really hope someone can help me!
We are trying to EXPORT our data from an old installation of CiviCRM on a drupal server IMPORTED into a new installation of CiviCRM on ...
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How do I safely export my database and import it on a new server? [duplicate]
I will move a CiviCRM installation to another server and realized some strange database issues: it was not possible to save contacts with phone number anymore. The problem are the triggers in the ...
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outgoing sms activity link to provider when using multiple providers?
I'm testing out multiple sms providers, and I'm using the api to do reads for reporting on the back end, but I can't seem to figure out how the system knows which sms provider sent a particular sms. ...
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Rebuild Drupal Civi from scratch in WordPress
My situation is I have an Individual database of 11,344 Contacts in Drupal Civi, and I want to turn them all into WP Users. I know I can convert Users into Contacts, but I want to do it the other way ...
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How do you make certain category options non-selectable (but still there/reportable)?
Is there an extension available that allows you to make certain category options (on a 'pick list') non-selectable, but are still there/reportable? And can you do this based upon a previous field ...
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CiviCRM_API3_Exception
When I enable or disable an extension I get the error that follows. Enabling or disabling still happens. Advice on resolving this would be gratefully received. This site is running 5.21.2 on Joomla.
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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 ...
