ACIDFREE v4.7 to v5 upgrade: database update problems

Thanks for the assistance so far. I'm making some progress but it's a bit more stop than start. I've tried the whole sequence from a restore of the v4.7 files and DB backup. I created the filemanager.info file and this helped update.php complete. But then I get the following watchdog errors:

Table DBName.acidfree_album doesn't exist query: SELECT * FROM acidfree_album WHERE aid=37 in DRUPALHOME\includes\database.mysql.inc on line 167.

I'm also getting an Access Denied error for www.example.com/album when logged in with UID=1

I was following the steps you outlined pretty much all along. I've done a complete reinstall from scratch (again) to try to see where my problems is. And I repeated it again this morning.

I get right up to step 7 fine (using a filemanager.info file). I have no video so I don't bother with the Video, Video Upload, Video Image modules.

On step 8 I get the Acidfree schema 4 listed. When I click "update" I get a "no queries executed" message. It seems like no activity is taking place, at all.

So next time, I go through all the steps again (restore v4.7 db, files etc.) and at step 8 I select update 3. Now when I press "update" there's a good bit of activity: the Acidfree_Album is created, the directories files/images and files/images/temp are created too, along with the files which are coming out of the filemanager containers. I get the following feedback on the browser:

    * Created Acidfree vocabulary
    * finished updating albums
    * The directory files/images has been created.
    * The directory files/images/temp has been created.
    * Finished updating images

It then throws an error where its looking for video API calls. (I overlooked copying this error).

I end up with:

The update process was aborted prematurely while running update #3 in acidfree.module. All other errors have been logged. You may need to check the watchdog database table manually.

BUT I can now see the albums and photos in my website. (It looks a bit whacky, but I can fix that by changing acidfree.css).

So, I still think there's a problem with the sequencing of the updates. Somehow when the (default) update 4 is being triggered it appears to skip over update 3 and the upgrade process therefore fails. Also, the error on videos might need to get trapped where there is a site with no video content. I might get a chance to start this all over again and copy and paste that error message in here. (The bright side of this troubleshooting is I can almost do the core v5 upgrade with my eyes closed!)

A bit more troubleshooting information here...

The error thrown during the update for schema version 3 is as follows:
"An unrecoverable error has occured. You can find the error message below. It is advised to copy it to the clipboard for reference. Please continue to the update summary

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: _video_upload_check_settings() in C:\my_open_source\domains\galwaycityharriers.com\public_html\sites\all\modules\acidfree\acidfree.install on line 212

"

Now I've just been through the installation from scratch (again) this time using also the video module. (In case somebody goes looking, the drupal Video module download includes Video Image and Video Upload - they are not separate downloads / modules.)

Acidfree DB Schema 4 update continues to appear to do nothing. However, when I run against Acidfree DB schema v3 the update continues through to completion. I get the following feedback:-

    * Created Acidfree vocabulary
    * finished updating albums
    * The directory files/images has been created.
    * The directory files/images/temp has been created.
    * Finished updating images
    * The directory files/videos has been created.
    * The directory files/videos/temp has been created.
    * finished updating videos
    * Acidfree no longer requires Filemanager module. If no other modules require it, Filemanager can be uninstalled

Updates were attempted. If you see no failures below, you may proceed happily to the administration pages. Otherwise, you may need to update your database manually. All errors have been logged.

    * main page
    * administration pages

The following queries were executed
acidfree module
Update #4

    * No queries

Update #3

    * CREATE TABLE {acidfree_album} (aid INT(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, tid int(11) NOT NULL default '0', thumb INT(11) NOT NULL default '0', share INT(1) NOT NULL default '0', order_by VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL default 'n.nid DESC', view varchar(32) NOT NULL default 'grid', PRIMARY KEY (aid)) type=MyISAM /*!40100 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 */;
    * DROP TABLE {acidfree}
    * DROP TABLE {acidfree_hierarchy}

I then have to go to update.php again for the Acidfree v4 update to clear the DB Schema warning.

I conclude an upgrade might be successful with the following process:
1. Upgrade core as instructed in the documentation.
2. Create a filemanager.info file for the HEAD revision of filemanager.
3. Enable the following non-core modules:
- Views
- Image
4. Run update.php and correct any errors found
5. Enable the following non-core modules:
- Video
- Video Image
- Video Upload
6. Run update.php and correct any errors found
7. Enable the following non-core module:
- Filemanager
8. (Might not need this, but just to be sure) Run update.php and correct any errors found
9. Enable the Acidfree module
10. Run update.php and... Select Version 3 for Acidfree
11. Run update.php and... Select Version 4 for Acidfree
12. Check everything is working as it should.

Cleanup (with care and only if these are not needed on your site):
1. Uninstall Video module and related modules
2. Uninstall filemanager

My guess is that the dependency on the Video modules and the sequencing of the DB schema updates might be fixable as Acidfree approaches a v5 release. If not, the documentation might need to be fleshed out a good bit to help the likes of me to get from start to finish.