Error "Database update has failed" since updating

This is a misunderstanding. Supposedly no permission? Yeah right.
If you uninstall the plugin and install the new version suddenly everything works well. Then you no longer need to contact the support ??
In magically everything works… The error is in the process of updating plug-ins to the new version.

Also note: after I reactivate it, if I click on the Calendar Feeds section, it automatically deactivates.

I’m having this exact same problem. The only thing that changed was I updated. Waiting for a fix.

Same problem, same error. Benjamin are you fixing this?

Same issues here. I have full write privs to the database. Please develop a solution.

looking at my hosting platforms control panel and looking at the database users tab my one database user DOES have ALTER permissions ticked. or do i need to work out how to use and log in to phpMyAdmin to see what the user is supposed to not have permission to alter?
If i wasn’t scared of loosing my customisations (as it was so hard to get them to actually be recognised and load in the first place) i would try the full uninstall and reinstall of the plugin as someone above has said that works.
I hope a fix or update to the package can be found soon.

My GUESS is that the reason that a complete uninstall + reinstall seems to “work” for some is that an uninstall of the plugin will delete all the calendar tables in the database. And then the new install of the same plugin will create new tables from scratch, which then work as they should.
The problem with that is I would lose all my data / events that would be very hard to reproduce. So its not an option for me.

Benjamin: I understand that you have alot to do, and that I have been given this plugin for free. But I would be grateful for some information, and preferably a fix very soon.
Thank you

We shouldn’t be scared that just because this is a free plugin it’s acceptable that an update breaks our websites.

This is the only plugin that so frequently breaks. Don’t you guys do thorough testing? Why do you dismiss reports of problems like we’re making it up?

Just look at the number of one-star reviews! A complete disrespect of your users. Prioritising those who now have to pay $100 a month??

Appalled.

Hey guys,

Thank you very much for pointing this, and I’m very sorry for the issues you’re facing..
After lots of investigation on his side, Ben assigned this to development team and I will make sure to be addressed ASAP.
I will come back with an update on this by the end of today, PST.

Thanks for your patience and understanding,

Aristotel Dascal
VP of Product @ Time.ly

Thank you for the response aristotel. Look forward to getting any updates we can so that I can notify my client of when they can expect this to be fixed.

Cheers,

Jordan

Thank u i am looking forward to a fix soon!

hey there … same problem here! is it poosible to downgrade the plugin anyhow?? seems to be the fastest and easiest way for the moment – no? unfortunately this is extremely important to be fixed asap for me!!

We’ve just released the version 2.3.7, reverting changes made in version 2.3.5.

Just to clarify:

The fields “wp_ai1ec_event_feeds.feed_url” and “wp_ai1ec_event_feeds.feed_name” were changed from varchar(255) to text because some URLs and names are very long. Because of that, when you update the plugin, the plugin tries to change those fields type, running “ALTER TABLE” SQL command. If the DB user has no permission to run the command, then it will return an error.

The reason why uninstalling and installing the plugin works is because we drop the tables and create them again (so there will be no ALTER TABLE command), but as some users mentioned, all data will be lost.

We will find another solution for that that doesn’t involve changing DB table structure.

Thanks for your comprehension!

Thank you for working on a fix. However, this update did NOT fix the problem. An almost identical error message still…

As soon as I updated the plugin from v2.3.6 to v2.3.7 and activated it, the error message comes up and the plug-in is deactivated, just like previous scenario…
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All-in-One Event Calendar has been disabled due to an error:

Database update has failed. Please make sure, that database user, defined in wp-config.php has permissions, to make changes (ALTER TABLE) to the database.

Error encountered: Field wp_ai1ec_event_feeds.feed_url is of incompatible type

Error Details:
#0 /customers/d/6/c/sitename.com/httpd.www/wp/wp-content/plugins/all-in-one-event-calendar/lib/database/helper.php(283): Ai1ec_Database_Helper->_check_delta()
#1 /customers/d/6/c/sitename.com/httpd.www/wp/wp-content/plugins/all-in-one-event-calendar/lib/calendar-feed/ics.php(281): Ai1ec_Database_Helper->apply_delta(‘CREATE TABLE wp…’)
#2 /customers/d/6/c/sitename.com/httpd.www/wp/wp-content/plugins/all-in-one-event-calendar/lib/calendar-feed/ics.php(44): Ai1ecIcsConnectorPlugin->_install_schema()
#3 /customers/d/6/c/sitename.com/httpd.www/wp/wp-content/plugins/all-in-one-event-calendar/lib/bootstrap/registry/object.php(160): Ai1ecIcsConnectorPlugin->__construct(Object(Ai1ec_Registry_Object))
#4 /customers/d/6/c/sitename.com/httpd.www/wp/wp-content/plugins/all-in-one-event-calendar/lib/bootstrap/registry/object.php(108): Ai1ec_Registry_Object->initiate(‘Ai1ecIcsConnect…’, Array)
#5 /customers/d/6/c/sitename.com/httpd.www/wp/wp-content/plugins/all-in-one-event-calendar/lib/bootstrap/registry/object.php(204): Ai1ec_Registry_Object->get(‘calendar-feed.i…’)
#6 /customers/d/6/c/sitename.com/httpd.www/wp/wp-content/plugins/all-in-one-event-calendar/lib/event/callback/abstract.php(59): Ai1ec_Registry_Object->dispatch(‘calendar-feed.i…’, ‘cron’, Array)
#7 [internal function]: Ai1ec_Event_Callback_Abstract->run()
#8 /customers/d/6/c/sitename.com/httpd.www/wp/wp-includes/plugin.php(601): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
#9 /customers/d/6/c/sitename.com/httpd.www/wp/wp-cron.php(117): do_action_ref_array(‘ai1ec_cron’, Array)
#10 {main}

Request Uri: /wp/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron=1452897793.4145770072937011718750

for me it seems to work – after a few hours it’s still looking fine!
crossing fingers!

thanks a lot for the fast response!