Installation errors

  • i’m new to wordpress and last week i downloaded version 1.2.2 and i installed it today. however when i went to the site, i downloaded version 1.5 and wanted to install that. so i deleted all of 1.2.2 ( i hadn’t really started using it yet – i just did some mild customization in options) and installed version 1.5. but now everything is really weird and when i go to my wordpress site, nothing is there. there is a lot of gibberish on the dashboard and presentation pages like this:

    WordPress database error: [Unknown column ‘autoload’ in ‘field list’]
    INSERT INTO wp_options (option_name, option_value, option_description, autoload) VALUES (‘rss_0ff4b43bd116a9d8720d689c80e7dfd4’, ”, ”, ‘no’)

    and

    WordPress database error: [Unknown column ‘autoload’ in ‘field list’]
    INSERT INTO wp_options (option_name, option_value, option_description, autoload) VALUES (‘template’, ”, ”, ‘yes’)

    Also, the installation pages had this type of stuff too.

    How do i fix this – this is the first time i’ve used blogging software so i am VERY blog-software illiterate.

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  • Ok when you deleted WordPress 1.2.2, did you delete the MySQL database aswell? You need to do that and then do the install
    [Moderator comments – The above information is WRONG. You do NOT need to delete your database. There is virtually NO TIME ever when the database needs to be deleted. Let’s not confuse database with tables.]

    Thread Starter hanajo

    (@hanajo)

    how do i delete the database?
    i have ws ftp.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Use phpmyadmin to drop the wp_ tables or your Hosting Provider’s control panel to delete the database and create a new one.

    Yea like Macmanx said, use your hosting provider’s control panel (cpanel as an example) and delete the mysql db you created.

    Thread Starter hanajo

    (@hanajo)

    i don’t think my hosting provider has given me access to a control panel, but i’ll ask about it. i hope that solves things =/

    when i delete the database, can i rename it the original name?

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    “when i delete the database, can i rename it the original name?”

    That all depends on your hosting provider.

    Thread Starter hanajo

    (@hanajo)

    ooh it worked! thanks everyone =)

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