update.php runs and stalls but update is completed

this appears similar to http://drupal.org/node/543700 (unresolved) but I do not think I removed any enabled modules..

also http://drupal.org/node/543700 - but I'm not using Date module...

I'm still having this problem - update.php stalls in the start screen update.php?op=start&id=35 however when I manually stop the update with the esc key and check the available updates page, the updates are completed.

I tried the technique at http://drupal.org/node/543700#comment-2269878 - I found the Content Slider module in the system table, previously I deleted it in favor of the Content Glider. I reuploaded the Content Slider module and found it already disabled in the modules admin page and it did not appear on the uninstall page. I enabled it and ran update same problem then I disabled it and still the same problem.

Since update works, it's not that critical, but it is perplexing.

oops, I mistakenly put Content "Glider" in the title...

updated to D 6.15 and still having the same problem....

stalls at update.php?op=start&id=xx

this time when I interrupted update with the esc key and set url to update.php?op=finished then update.php?op=results reported

The update process was aborted prematurely while running update #5100 in adminrole.module. All errors have been logged. You may need to check the watchdog database table manually.

and adminrole was not one of the newly uploaded modules

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still says problems with adminrole update - tried uninstalling, reinstalling, rebuilding permissions

there is no admin role menu item and no admin role in permissions admin...

????

I then disabled and uninstalled adminrole, then I ran update, manually stopped it and now the message is

The update process was aborted prematurely while running update #6002 in userreference.module. All errors have been logged. You may need to check the watchdog database table manually.

but there is no userreference on the update status page...

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I disabled/uninstalled all modules giving the error or showing an update version

I still got

The update process was aborted prematurely while running update #6100 in extlink.module. All errors have been logged. You may need to check the watchdog database table manually.

I deleted the extlink module directory and all references to extlink in the db - I am still getting this message when I run/abort update

????

so for sh*ts and giggles, I disabled content glider, but STILL get message about extlink

updated some modules last night, same problem on same site...

need to edit the issue title, remove outdated info

Gosh Darn - updated the site to 6.16 and still update.php stalls

I updated the a couple of modules first and then the core - the available updates page showed all up to date, but status report page showed some database schema to install so I ran update.php again - under select versions I saw some numbers for modules that are being reported "up to date" so I changed all to "none" and ran update (and manually terminated it with the 'esc' key as usual for this site) - after that, status report said db is up to date, but running update.php still stalls

I also installed Drupal Tweaks module and changed some PHP and DB settings.

Attached are the select versions in update.php before I set them all to none.

I am running other Drupal 6.x sites on the same server, without this problem, can't get what is causing the update stall????????

sooooo

so I had lots of other problems see #861918: trying to fix funky site with Backup & Migrate which tables should I keep in the fresh install, which should I overwrite

it turned out that my variable table was messed up, and I was using caching

I backed up the db, made a fresh install, and re-imported the db from the site

I disabled all caching, cleared the caches and - voila - all the problems went away, including update.php ones

happydays

just remember the developer's mantra: CTFC...CTFC...CTFC...CTFC... (Clear the F**king Cache)