By jyoseph on

I am having difficulty getting a few modules to play nicely together. After installing (and enabling / disabling) several modules I have concluded that the best solution is to:

  1. disable the module(s)
  2. remove from "modules/contrib" directory
  3. and remove from database

#3 is the part I need help with. How would I go about doing this using phpmyadmin?

Seeing that the modules (which have a nifty install file) don't have an uninstall file; This type of info would be helpful to us non-power users who are still trying to get the hang of Drupal.

I would sincerely appreciate any type of a quick 'how-to' on how to do this so i don't get in there and destroy everything. On a 1 to 10 my skill level in phpmyadmin is about a 5. . .

⋅ Categories: Drupal 4.7.x

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jyoseph commented

How about if I just hit the red X that says "Drop Table" ? Will that be ok?

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michelle
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As long as you're sure the table is for that module only and there's no data you want to keep and you've done steps 1 and 2 from your post, you can drop it.

Michelle

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jyoseph commented

I did that and I don't see any immediate problems. Thanks for helping out!

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michelle
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No problem :)

Michelle

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jyoseph commented

Now when I reinstall the module (upload the file to contrib directory & enable it). When I go to phpmyadmin the tables are not being added back in, any ideas why that might be? anyone?

I can see it in update.php so when I attempt to update it it says:

    * Failed: ALTER TABLE {votingapi_cache} ADD COLUMN timestamp int(11) default NULL;
    * Failed: UPDATE {votingapi_cache} SET timestamp = 1150340242 WHERE timestamp IS NULL;
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michelle
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I just found out the answer to this and came back to tell you and then realized you are the one that started the other thread. I hate leaving unanswered threads for future searchers, so I'll post the link anyway.

http://drupal.org/node/69125#comment-129660

Michelle