[horde] Upgrading from Groupware 1.0.8 to 1.2.3

[Chris Funk]

Can anyone assist with this upgrade?

I'm not sure I'll be able to migrate the data to a whole new install  
without the assistance of an upgrade script.

Thanks,
--Chris
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Chris Funk
chris at TheFunks.net


Quoting Chris Funk <chris at completecomputing.com>:

> I applied the patch you provided.  Unfortunately, all it offers is that
> it cannot find the Validate package.
>
> ____________________ Start Script Output Exerpt _________________
> ** Creators successfully stored. ***
>
> ** Please manually apply NOT NULL constraint to 'task_creator' column. ***
>
> Writing main configuration file
> Loading database module...
> Updating database...
> [ ERROR! ] Reading the existing table structure failed. Error messages:
> MDB2 Error: not found
> unable to find package 'MDB2_Schema_Validate' file 'MDB2/Schema/Validate.php'
>
> Running post-update scripts...
> scripts/upgrades/convert_datatree_groups_to_sql.php
> ____________________ End Script Output Exerpt _________________
>
> We are using MySQL 5.0.45.
>
> I verified that the Validate.php file does exist in the horde installation:
>
> $ ls pear/MDB2/Schema/
> Parser2.php  Parser.php  Reserved/  Tool/  Tool.php  Validate.php  Writer.php
>
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> --Chris
>
>
>
> Responding to:
>
>> I am trying to upgrade from Horde Groupware Webmail 1.0.8 to 1.2.3.
>> The setup script copies the old files fine, then moves on to the    
>> database.  The first script executed    
>> (2008-08-29_fix_mdb2_sequences.php) produces the  following error:
>>
>> Call to a member function listTables() on a non-object in
>> /data/web/web3/web/w1/scripts/upgrades/2008-08-29_fix_mdb2_sequences.
>
> This could only happen if loading the MDB2 Manager module fails.
> Unfortunately we don't catch this, try to apply this patch and see if
> you get a meaningful error message:
> http://cvs.horde.org/diff.php/horde/scripts/upgrades/2008-08-29_fix_mdb2_sequences.php?rt=horde&r1=1.1.2.5&r2=1.1.2.6&ty=u
>
> Maybe this is related to the other error below.
> Which database system do you use?
>
>> In an attempt to move past this issue, I commented out that script   
>>  in the setup script.
>>
>> After doing that the script seems to start processing ok, but then   
>>  errors out when trying to update the database with:
>>
>> Writing main configuration file
>> Loading database module...
>> Updating database...
>> [ ERROR! ] Reading the existing table structure failed. Error messages:
>> MDB2 Error: not found
>> unable to find package 'MDB2_Schema_Validate' file   
>> 'MDB2/Schema/Validate.php'
>>
>> The package appears to be there in my PEAR structure    
>> (/usr/share/pear/MDB2/), but not in the one contained within the    
>> horde distribution (<horde_root>/pear/MDB2/).
>>
>> Can anyone offer any suggestion as to why this might be breaking?
>
> The file is definitely there, in horde/pear/MDB2/Schema/Validate.php.
>
> Jan.
>
>
>
> --Chris
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Chris Funk
> chris at TheFunks.net