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#39301 Database prefix issue message

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Environment Information

Joomla! version
3.10.12
PHP version
8.0
Akeeba Backup version
8.3.2

Latest post by nicholas on Wednesday, 02 August 2023 14:56 CDT

Wednesday, 02 August 2023 11:28 CDT

CotswoldD

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: Please attach a ZIP file containing your Akeeba Backup log file in order for us to help you with any backup or restoration issue. If the file is over 10MiB, please upload it on your server and post a link to it.

 

Hi I have seen this twice now (see screenshot) on websites im trying to upgrade from latest Joomla 3 to J4, confused as the prefix showing in Joomla admin and in the databse are both the same, stuggling to understand why i get this message and why the upgrade fails! Luckily I have jetpack so can reinstall site when it fails. Ive done this loads of times with other sites, juat lately experiencing this databse prefix issue.

 

Any ideas what i need to do to fix?

 

regards Pete

 

 

Wednesday, 02 August 2023 11:40 CDT

nicholas

Thank you for the log file. I was actually looking at this right now after another client's report and I see in your log file that my suspicion is correct. It's a wrong detection. You have tables in your database which do not start with Joomla's prefix (in your case w1t9z_). It's the tables with  the bf_ prefix, from mySites' connector.

You can ignore this message for now.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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Wednesday, 02 August 2023 11:55 CDT

CotswoldD

So I can go ahead and upgrade as normal? even with this message?

 

Database problem found. user_profiles' has the wrong type or attributes for column 'profile_value' with type TEXT.

Wednesday, 02 August 2023 14:56 CDT

nicholas

Yes, you can go ahead and take a backup.

Please don't ask about the database messages Joomla prints about its own database tables. This is out of scope of our support. We do support for our software, not Joomla itself.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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