i thought this was a problem with 1.8 so i switched to 2-dev but no luck.

FieldException: Attempt to create an instance of a field field_simpleads_groups that doesn't exist or is currently inactive. in field_create_instance() (line 474 of C:\xampp\htdocs\byblogdivalabs\modules\field\field.crud.inc)

my first few attempts were with 1.8 and i thought it was a problem with it clashing with CLASSIFIED ADS. i cleaned the DB from both modules, deleted them and then installed DEV of SimpleAds and no go.

i see "field_field_simpleads_groups" in the FIELD_CONFIG table; which is a taxonomy term reference. in the FIELD_CONFIG_INSTANCE table, i see name_field and description_field for the taxonomy term.

the only FIELD_DATA and FIELD_REVISION tables am seeing for SimpleAds are for groups. all the other simpleads tables (blocks, clicks, impressions, stats) are there.

am on Drupal 7.22 running this on a local XAMPP dev environment.

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duntuk’s picture

Yeah, I couldn't get 2.x-dev to work either, even with a clean install. Considering 1.x-dev is 1 month newer than 2.x-dev, let's assume 1.x is the way to go for now.

minnur’s picture

Issue summary: View changes
Status: Active » Needs review

This should work now.

duwease’s picture

Same issue.. tried 1.8 first, then uninstalled that, cleared cache, and installed 2.x. Both times got the error:

FieldException: Attempt to create an instance of a field field_simpleads_groups that doesn't exist or is currently inactive. in field_create_instance() (line 476 of /srv/www/sitename.com/htdocs/modules/field/field.crud.inc).

duwease’s picture

I should note that I tried just SimpleAds (no Campaign), then SimpleAds + Campaigns (both in 1.8). I tried SimpleAds only in 2.x.

duwease’s picture

Also just tried uninstalling, deleting simplead fields from field_config and field_config_instance tables, running cron, clearing cache, then re-installing (2.x-dev), and same thing happened.

Drupal and core modules are vers. 7.31.

minnur’s picture

Status: Needs review » Closed (won't fix)