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Upgrading to 4.4 Wordpress 3.7.1
November 01, 2013, 02:45:45 pm
I have done numbers of upgrade of the CiviCRM in the past and has always upgrade just fine.   However,  When trying to upgrade to the 4.4 version,  I am getting a DB Error.  I have already reinstalled the database and reinstall the CiviCRM installation several times.    I have attached an Image of the error it is generating. I am not a programer but am familiar with some coding and database handling.

Could someone shed some light on why there is a DB field already exist and what can I do to correct this.

Thank for all your help

Thanks!

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Re: Upgrading to 4.4 Wordpress 3.7.1
November 01, 2013, 05:28:07 pm

most likely you did not have a clean backup and hence this error. You might want to see if u have a clean 4.3 backup and/or wait for 4.4.1 which helps with this specific error

in general, it would benefit you to understand and make a clean backup (and restore) before upgrading
 
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Re: Upgrading to 4.4 Wordpress 3.7.1
November 02, 2013, 02:44:50 pm
If your DB has this field, you could try dropping it manually in phpMyAdmin and then try the upgrade. But as Lobo said, making backups is very important.
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