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Hi,
I am installing the latest Beta released on 13/01/10....
When it asks me for the DB details, I enter the details as required and when I click Check, I get all the requirements met and marked in green. However, in the next step when the script needs to install in the DB... I get the error. Following are 1st few lines....
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Installing CiviCRM...
I am now running through the installation steps (this should take a few minutes)


If you receive a fatal error, refresh this page to continue the installation


Building database schema and setup files...
Cannot execute -- * -- * DROP TABLE IF EXISTS civicrm_pledge_payment; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS civicrm_participant_payment; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS civicrm_participant; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS civicrm_event; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS civicrm_membership_payment; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS civicrm_financial_trxn; DROP
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and the last line reads
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FOREIGN KEY (contribution_id) REFERENCES civicrm_contribution(id) ON DELETE CASCADE ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ;: DB Error: syntax error
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Please suggest what can I do?
I am using root username with no password for MySQL

Thanks,

Its 5.1...

Hi,
I get the same error if I install it on a new DB... 

And even my other db's which were created earlier dint have any tables they all were empty...