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1. Make sure u've followed the instructions here:

http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Upgrading+CiviCRM+on+Joomla%21

specifically step 4 which comments out the database install

2. Joomla does not have an upgrade system built in. It only has an install system, hence you have to tweak the code to ensure that you db does not get wiped out etc.

3. If you have a better idea on how to potentially handle upgrades a code contribution would be very much appreciated

lobo

Hi, I am having the same issue. Upgrading from 1.8.11536 to 1.9.11960.   I have Joomla 1.0.13 and php5

I went to the link provided for the first poster, and that is the page I've been doing step by step for my entire installation.  I don't see anything on the page that says anything referring "comments out the database install".  I followed all of the instructions on the page (except I have to do a manual install with Powweb), including editing the configure file, but all my records are gone when I open up CiviCRM. 

I backed everything up, so is there a way I can reload the records easily? (Importing the records through the CiviCRM interface to begin with had a lot of errors and bugs so it took me over a month, so I really don't want to do it that way again)  I guess not just the records, but all of the custom fields and profiles and everything.  I backed everything up to my harddrive before the update, so I think I'm ok - I just need to figure out how to restore.

Any guidance is appreciated.  Also any suggestion as to why I lost the data to begin with would be helpful for future reference.

Thanks


Marilyn Phelps

PS - I'm replying to this thread, but I thought it should be in the Upgrading CiviCRM section - I can't move it the whole thing, so I'm going to try to post it there, too.

I've been trying to upgrade CiviCRM on Joomla for the past two days and I'm about ready to call it quits.

The site is running Joomla 1.0.12, I had CiviCRM 1.6.8310 and I'm trying to upgrade to 1.7.9682.

The only way I've been able to install CiviCRM is by editing the XML file and doing an install from directory.

I was fighting with some permissions and ownerships, but I finally got it to install and, I thought, work when I realized that all my contacts and custom data were gone.

I restored the database prior to the installation and went through it all again, step by step.  I kept checking the database.  When I uninstall the component, the records are there.  I made sure everything was updated in the database and as soon as I installed the component from the directory, the contacts and custom data were wiped again.

If I could find the file/table where the options and suboptions from the XML file are stored I would just do it manually.

1. Make sure u've followed the instructions here:

http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Upgrading+CiviCRM+on+Joomla%21

specifically step 4 which comments out the database install

2. Joomla does not have an upgrade system built in. It only has an install system, hence you have to tweak the code to ensure that you db does not get wiped out etc.

3. If you have a better idea on how to potentially handle upgrades a code contribution would be very much appreciated

lobo

I had forgotten to uncomment the return line.

I was doing it over and over and didn't do that first step when I unpacked it again.

The start of my problems was the permissions/ownership issue.  I can't even tell you what worked in the end I tried so many combinations.

The joomla installer can change files unpacked by the file manager in the Control Panel for the site, but not through the Xplorer component.  But you can't delete the folders created by the Joomla installer except through Xplorer.  This is on a shared server though, so maybe other people wouldn't have that problem.

I also had to loosen up the permissions on several of the files to get the installation to work without an error.