Hi,

1) I happen to 'disable' the entityreference module while I still had a active 'field'...which crashed the site.
...had to go in the db > system > and re-enable module > status =1 and empty cache tables to bring the site back up.

-- need to ensure that module disable doesnt crash site..

2) filed that used the entityreference module ...I see this message.

Inactive fields are not shown unless their providing modules are enabled. The following fields are not enabled:
Album (field_photogal_albumref) field requires the Autocomplete widget provided by entityreference module

Even with the above message...I am still ABLE to create a new field using entityreference and 'autocomplete' widget.

So, it seems the module is working fine but has not reenabled the 'disabled' filed even though the autocomplete widget is working.

To enable the 'disabled' field ...had to go to 'field_config' table find the field name and set it to > active > 1

I think the module needs to do these checks automatically

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sinasalek’s picture

sinasalek commented

Everything related to fields configurations is inside field_config table.
All the following columns should be correct for field to appear in entity/content type fields list :
active : must be 1
storage_type : sql_field_storage or an alternative
storage_module : sql_field_storage or an alternative
storage_active : must be 1
deleted : must be 0

blueblade’s picture

blueblade commented

I have a similar problem but it happens to more than one field type including select list, checkboxes, text etc, all in one content type. I have checked my database and all fields are set to active=1. Did you find any other things that need to be done to solve this? The same problem keep happening everyday at random times, although I know how to make it go away (by simply opening and closing the content type edit fields page) but I still cant find a way to reproduce the problem, this make it very hard for me to find the cause as sometimes I have to wait for hours or a day until I see it comes again...please help.

more details here: http://drupal.org/node/1812978

lsolesen’s picture

lsolesen commented
Status: Active » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

@blueblade If you used the latest dev, please set the version to that and set the issue back to active. #1812978: Inactive fields are not shown unless their providing modules are enabled.