We have had a stable site with Views working properly. Then we installed the Page_Title module and now "Views" and "Views UI" are "missing" in the module table. The system table shows their status as "1". What do we do?

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merlinofchaos’s picture

merlinofchaos commented
Status: Active » Fixed

From the sound of it, something happened to delete or move the views module files. Check your modules directory for the files; if they're not there, find them (download a fresh tarball if you have to) and put them back into place.

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skcombs commented

No, all the files are there and of the correct size. The various views tables are in the database. The system table shows the views items with status of 1. Should I drop all the views tables and delete the views items from the system table and see if views re-installs? Thanks for your prompt reply.

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skcombs commented

Update on missing views modules:

No views module files were missing, and we have no indication of why this occurred. But, this was resolved by:

  • backing up all database tables pertaining to views, then dropping them.
  • Then, we edited the system table and deleted all entries pertaining to views.
  • Next, we moved all the views module files out of the modules directory, and moved them back in again.
  • We then enabled all the views modules (which now appeared back in the modules list).
  • Then, we imported our backups of the views tables.

No idea why Drupal lost connection to Views, but these steps solved the problem for us.

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Anonymous (not verified) commented
Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for two weeks with no activity.

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scrambled commented

thanks for posting this, I have the same issue. With some luck I will be able to do your steps.