"Concrete5 must be installed in an empty database"
PermalinkThere are already 137 tables in this database. concrete5 must be installed in an empty database.
My dbase is completely empty with no tables, and cookies are on.
Has anyone had luck with this?
Thanks - J
Originally, I thought what you are saying. So I dropped all tables and tried the install...several time. I even deleted the entire dBase and started from scratch (several times), only to be greeted by the same error
An avenue of investigation would be to try and install on a different system, to eliminate the environment of the system that is giving the install problems.
"There are already 125 tables in this database. concrete5 must be installed in an empty database."
If there are any tables select them all and choose "with selected" "drop",
Then try again..
If it says there are already tables in place it cannot be a clean empty database!
Followed the installation instructions in the concrete5/Go Daddy forums, which includes creating a new empty database
Tried to install concrete5
Received "137 tables already in database..." error
Went to phpMyAdmin and dropped all tables
Tried to install again
Received error about double entries (I forgot to get the exact wording)
Deleted concrete5 content from ftp (to try fresh install)
Loaded concrete5 content again
Went to phpMyAdmin and dropped all tables
Tried to install again, received same 137 tables error
Gave up, almost installed wordpress, waited a couple hours instead
Went to phpMyAdmin and dropped all tables
Tried to install again, received same 137 tables error
Went to phpMyAdmin and dropped all tables (I'm stubborn)
Tried to install again, received tables error but 165 this time (slightly different error, hope?)
Went to phpMyAdmin and dropped all tables (again)
Installation completed this time
New screen appeared that said website could not be found and there was a back button - which I clicked
A different but similar screen appeared saying website could not be found with a back button - which I clicked
Voila! I was suddenly at my website with concrete5 up and running
I have no idea why it worked, but I was able to fully install after 3 consecutive tries of clearing the tables and running the installer. Maybe someone with more knowledge than me can figure out why. It doesn't make sense to me that doing the same thing over and over would produce different results. Is there a time dependent variable? Here are my best guesses:
The installer made a little more progress each time and finally wrote all the files it needed to (I was only clearing the tables, not the files in the FTP)
The database has some kind of time dependent auto-fill and I was able to install concrete5 immediately after clearing it, before the autofill happened
I have had exactly the same issue several times, the sites always seem to function afterwards but i've not narrowed down whats causing this issue, but your not on your own!
If i find out i'l post here.
I finally gave up and went home and played dead :(
Hope this helps someone down the line...
Hope this helps someone down the line...
If you are sure you have the right name for the database, and that there is nothing valuable in it, it may be easiest to delete the database (drop), re-create it empty, then try again with the c5 installer.