URGENT HELP - ERROR: 1016 Can't open file: 'whos_online.MYI' (errno: 145)

**twg** · 23 Feb 2007, 01:17 AM

Someone please help...

This is the ERROR Code generated when I tried to go on the website:

1016 Can't open file: 'whos_online.MYI' (errno: 145)

Any help???

Thanks in advance

ANDREW

**kobra** · 23 Feb 2007, 01:27 AM

If you have not custin=mized this install or have used the override system for your customizations - try reloading the complete /includes folder over the current files.

This sounds like a corrupt file

**kobra** · 23 Feb 2007, 07:57 AM

Update:

According to a very knowledge source - try Repairing the database table in phpMyAdmin ...

This can be caused by a MySQL crash ...

If not a common occurance great ... if happens often talk to hosting site and find out why

**linnecards** · 24 Apr 2007, 08:48 PM

This happened to a few days ago. The hosting site fixed it. Then the site went down yesterday an no one knows what to do to fix it. According to them, the databases are corrupt. I really can't afford to lose over 2 years worth of data.

**DrByte** · 24 Apr 2007, 08:53 PM

Log in to your hosting account control panel.
If it's run via cPanel, then click on MySQL databases
Then look for your Zen Cart database, and click the "repair" button next to it.

If you don't have cPanel, log into the phpMyAdmin option.
Select your Zen Cart database from the pulldown menu.
Click on the "SQL" tab.
Type the following and click Go

Code:

repair table whos_online;

Your hosting company should be able to help you with the specifics if the above isn't enough.

**linnecards** · 24 Apr 2007, 09:09 PM

Thank so much. I should have come here first rather than waste an entire day. Though yesterday the error message was different. My host tried a few things but couldn't get it fixed. They even tried an earlier version of the database. Now I am up but with a week old database. Hopefully the host can correct that and we can be in business.