By Bob4613 on

I searched the forums for this issue and could not find the same problem.

I using Drupal 5.6 (or was using it) on a Hostgator web hosting services. I started with 5.3 and upgraded to 5.5 with no problems. I then upgraded 5.5 to 5.6 with no problems. Last night I tried upgrading 5.6 to 5.7, but ran into a the following problem.

When I attempted to run update (step 10 in the upgrade.txt file), instead of taking me to the normal database screen, the system redirected to the install screen and requested mysql database name, user name and password.

I followed the note from step 10 about editing the update.php file and tried to rerun the update from the browser again, resulting in the same problem.

After a number of hours of not getting anywhere, I did a complete uninstall from the cPanel (I did not have much content) and reinstalled 5.3 from the cPanel. My site is up and working in 5.3, but I have tried several more times to upgrade to 5.7 and now I keep getting the same problem.

I followed the instructions from start to finish twice before with no problems, but now I can't get past this database install screen.

I'm still new to all of this, so any help (hopefully explained in simple terms) would be greatly appreciated.

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paulnem’s picture

paulnem commented

Hi

I'm not sure specifically what your problem is or how you're doing the upgrade. However I came across this problem, trying to run update.php and getting the install screen.

I found that I can forgotten to update the sites/default/settings.php file with my DB settings.

So, an easy thing to check is before running update.php, check your settings.php file for correct DB settings.

Thanks

Bob4613’s picture

Bob4613 commented

Thanks for the tip. I was on a business trip this last week and just got back, so I'll give it a try tonight.

UPDATE: That was the problem... Just upgraded to 5.7 and everything went smooth. Thanks

Quint’s picture

Quint commented

I was going to suggest that too. Also, there was a change to settings.php somewhere along the upgrade series (maybe 5.5?).

So, anyway, make sure you have the newer settings.php version, and you have your your DB info in it.

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Bob4613 commented

Thanks, I'll be trying it tonight.

UPDATE: That worked.... Thanks.