Looking for help, please. I've updated this software multiple times and have a vague memory of there being a tiny problem from the fact that the software wants the Admin to be User 2, and our User 2 is not an Admin, but now it seems to be rearing its head again, and changing the member number in the config file manually for the Admin didn't do the trick...
Maybe I'm wrong about that being the issue that gave me database errors and made me have to repair the user table once I restored the older version, but it's my best deduction of the issue.
I tried to update last night from 7.3.1 to 7.5.6. I did not overwrite any files I shouldn't have. My config file from the existing installation was in place, specifying the correct user number as Admin. I tried three times and The installation script passed everything up through Step 6. I tried running Step 7 (setting the Admin) the first time and skipping Step 7 the other two times, always of course going on to run Step 8, changing the tables.
Regardless, it seemed I always ended up with a config file that specified User 2 as Admin and with only the error page alerting to database errors at the URL where the forums should be. I changed the Admin user number manually in the config file and still got database errors. I copied the errors to a text file and forgot to save the text file. Sorry!
I deleted the installation and went back to 7.3.1. I successfully resisted the urge to throw chairs. Before I try this again, is there something I need to know?
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