Quote Originally Posted by kobra View Post
That is really not the way to do this at all

I suggest that you backup the DB that you have worked on and save it locally

Then do a full backup of your live site DB(make sure to check "add drop table" statement when doing this) - and import it into your 1.5.4 DB

Then run zc_install and select upgrade DB only

You should then be good to go
That worked beautifully right until I go into the back office or the db and I get nada and I'm back to starting from scratch again. No clients, no products, no history. I've got a lovely brand new empty ready to do ZC 1.54 though.

http://www.peppermaster.com/stage/shop2

The log files for the experience:

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Oct 20 2015 20:27 -- inspect
/admin/includes/configure.php does not exist

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Oct 20 2015 20:27 -- inspect
FATAL: store configure.php is not writeable

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Oct 20 2015 20:34 -- database_upgrade
NOTE: Skipped upgrade statements: 25 - See details at bottom of page for your inspection. - (Details also logged in the "upgrade_exceptions" table.) - Note: In most cases, these failed statements can be ignored, - as they are indications that certain settings may have already been set on your site. - If all the suggested upgrade steps have been completed (no recommendations left), - you may proceed to Skip Upgrades and continue configuring your site.

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Oct 20 2015 20:35 -- database_upgrade
NOTE: Skipped upgrade statements: 4 - See details at bottom of page for your inspection. - (Details also logged in the "upgrade_exceptions" table.) - Note: In most cases, these failed statements can be ignored, - as they are indications that certain settings may have already been set on your site. - If all the suggested upgrade steps have been completed (no recommendations left), - you may proceed to Skip Upgrades and continue configuring your site.
and

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Oct 20 2015 19:43 -- inspect
System Inspection Results:
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NA: Webserver => Apache
NA: HTTP Host => peppermaster.com
NA: Path_Translated => /home/pepperma/public_html/stage/shop2/zc_install/index.php(SCRIPT_FILENAME)
NA: Real Path => /home/pepperma/public_html/stage/shop2
NA: Server Free Disk Space => 1133.38 GB
NA: PHP O/S => Linux
NA: PHP API Mode => cgi-fcgi
NA: PHP Max Execution Time per page => 90
OK: Register Globals => OFF
OK: MySQL Support => ON
OK: PHP Version => 5.3.29
OK: PHP Safe Mode => OFF
OK: PHP Sessions Support => ON
OK: PHP Session.AutoStart => OFF
OK: PHP session.use_trans_sid => OFF
OK: Suggested SQL Cache Folder => /home/pepperma/public_html/stage/shop2/cache
OK: PHP magic_quotes_runtime setting => OFF
OK: PHP magic_quotes_sybase setting => OFF
OK: PHP GD Support => ON
OK: GD Version => GD bundled (2.1.0 compatible)
OK: PHP ZLIB Compression Support => ON
OK: PHP OpenSSL Support => ON
OK: PHP cURL Support => ON
OK: CURL NON-SSL Capability => Okay
OK: CURL SSL Capability => Okay
OK: PHP Upload Support => ON upload_max_filesize=64M; post_max_size=64M
OK: PHP Upload TMP dir =>
OK: Apache .htaccess Support => ON
NA: PHP include_path => .:/opt/alt/php53/usr/share/pear:/opt/alt/php53/usr/share/php
NA: PHP SMTP destination => localhost
NA: PHP sendmail path => /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i
NA: PHP sendmail 'from' =>
OK: PHP open_basedir restrictions =>
OK: PHP Output Buffering (gzip) => ON
OK: PHP XML Support => ON
OK: PHP Session.Save_Path => /home/pepperma/public_html/stage/shop2/cache-->Writeable
OK: includes/configure.php => Writeable
OK: admin/includes/configure.php => Writeable
OK: cache => OK 777 read/write/execute
OK: images => OK 777 read/write/execute (INCLUDE SUBDIRECTORIES TOO)
OK: includes/languages/english/html_includes => OK 777 read/write (INCLUDE SUBDIRECTORIES TOO)
OK: logs => OK 777 read/write/execute
OK: media => OK 777 read/write/execute
OK: pub => OK 777 read/write/execute
OK: admin/backups => OK 777 read/write
OK: admin/images/graphs => OK 777 read/write/execute
PHP Extensions compiled: Core, date, ereg, libxml, openssl, pcre, sqlite3, zlib, bz2, calendar, ctype, curl, hash, filter, ftp, gettext, gmp, SPL, iconv, pcntl, readline, Reflection, session, standard, shmop, SimpleXML, exif, tokenizer, xml, cgi-fcgi, bcmath, dom, enchant, fileinfo, gd, imagick, imap, intl, json, mbstring, mcrypt, mysql, mysqli, mysqlnd, PDO, pdo_mysql, pdo_sqlite, Phar, posix, pspell, sockets, tidy, wddx, xmlreader, xmlrpc, xmlwriter, xsl, zip, mhash, ionCube Loader, SourceGuardian, Zend Guard Loader
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Oct 20 2015 20:04 -- database_setup1
Installer - Page: database_setup -- collected information: Array
(
[language] => english
[DIR_FS_SQL_CACHE] => /home/pepperma/public_html/stage/shop2/cache
[DB_TYPE] => mysql
[DB_PREFIX] =>
[DB_CHARSET] => utf8
[DB_SERVER] => localhost
[DB_SERVER_USERNAME] => pepperma_admin
[DB_SERVER_PASSWORD] => ***private***
[DB_DATABASE] => pepperma_shop2
[SQL_CACHE_METHOD] => file
)


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Oct 20 2015 20:27 -- inspect
/admin/includes/configure.php does not exist

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Oct 20 2015 20:27 -- inspect
FATAL: store configure.php is not writeable

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Oct 20 2015 20:27 -- inspect
System Inspection Results:
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NA: Webserver => Apache
NA: HTTP Host => peppermaster.com
NA: Path_Translated => /home/pepperma/public_html/stage/shop2/zc_install/index.php(SCRIPT_FILENAME)
NA: Real Path => /home/pepperma/public_html/stage/shop2
NA: Server Free Disk Space => 1133.43 GB
NA: PHP O/S => Linux
NA: PHP API Mode => cgi-fcgi
NA: PHP Max Execution Time per page => 90
OK: Register Globals => OFF
OK: MySQL Support => ON
OK: PHP Version => 5.3.29
OK: PHP Safe Mode => OFF
OK: PHP Sessions Support => ON
OK: PHP Session.AutoStart => OFF
OK: PHP session.use_trans_sid => OFF
OK: Current SQL Cache Folder => /home/pepperma/public_html/stage/shop2/cache-->Writeable
OK: Suggested SQL Cache Folder => /home/pepperma/public_html/stage/shop2/cache
OK: PHP magic_quotes_runtime setting => OFF
OK: PHP magic_quotes_sybase setting => OFF
OK: PHP GD Support => ON
OK: GD Version => GD bundled (2.1.0 compatible)
OK: PHP ZLIB Compression Support => ON
OK: PHP OpenSSL Support => ON
OK: PHP cURL Support => ON
OK: CURL NON-SSL Capability => Okay
OK: CURL SSL Capability => Okay
OK: PHP Upload Support => ON upload_max_filesize=64M; post_max_size=64M
OK: PHP Upload TMP dir =>
OK: Apache .htaccess Support => ON
NA: PHP include_path => .:/opt/alt/php53/usr/share/pear:/opt/alt/php53/usr/share/php
NA: PHP SMTP destination => localhost
NA: PHP sendmail path => /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i
NA: PHP sendmail 'from' =>
OK: PHP open_basedir restrictions =>
OK: PHP Output Buffering (gzip) => ON
OK: PHP XML Support => ON
OK: PHP Session.Save_Path => /home/pepperma/public_html/stage/shop2/cache-->Writeable
FAIL: includes/configure.php => <span class='errors'>Unwriteable</span>
FAIL: admin/includes/configure.php => NOT FOUND
OK: cache => OK 777 read/write/execute
OK: images => OK 777 read/write/execute (INCLUDE SUBDIRECTORIES TOO)
OK: includes/languages/english/html_includes => OK 777 read/write (INCLUDE SUBDIRECTORIES TOO)
OK: logs => OK 777 read/write/execute
OK: media => OK 777 read/write/execute
OK: pub => OK 777 read/write/execute
WARN: admin/backups => <span class='errors'>Unwriteable</span> 777 read/write
WARN: admin/images/graphs => <span class='errors'>Unwriteable</span> 777 read/write/execute
PHP Extensions compiled: Core, date, ereg, libxml, openssl, pcre, sqlite3, zlib, bz2, calendar, ctype, curl, hash, filter, ftp, gettext, gmp, SPL, iconv, pcntl, readline, Reflection, session, standard, shmop, SimpleXML, exif, tokenizer, xml, cgi-fcgi, bcmath, dom, enchant, fileinfo, gd, imagick, imap, intl, json, mbstring, mcrypt, mysql, mysqli, mysqlnd, PDO, pdo_mysql, pdo_sqlite, Phar, posix, pspell, sockets, tidy, wddx, xmlreader, xmlrpc, xmlwriter, xsl, zip, mhash, ionCube Loader, SourceGuardian, Zend Guard Loader
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Oct 20 2015 20:29 -- inspect
System Inspection Results:
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NA: Webserver => Apache
NA: HTTP Host => peppermaster.com
NA: Path_Translated => /home/pepperma/public_html/stage/shop2/zc_install/index.php(SCRIPT_FILENAME)
NA: Real Path => /home/pepperma/public_html/stage/shop2
NA: Server Free Disk Space => 1133.45 GB
NA: PHP O/S => Linux
NA: PHP API Mode => cgi-fcgi
NA: PHP Max Execution Time per page => 90
OK: Register Globals => OFF
OK: MySQL Support => ON
OK: PHP Version => 5.3.29
OK: PHP Safe Mode => OFF
OK: PHP Sessions Support => ON
OK: PHP Session.AutoStart => OFF
OK: PHP session.use_trans_sid => OFF
OK: Current SQL Cache Folder => /home/pepperma/public_html/stage/shop2/cache-->Writeable
OK: Suggested SQL Cache Folder => /home/pepperma/public_html/stage/shop2/cache
OK: PHP magic_quotes_runtime setting => OFF
OK: PHP magic_quotes_sybase setting => OFF
OK: PHP GD Support => ON
OK: GD Version => GD bundled (2.1.0 compatible)
OK: PHP ZLIB Compression Support => ON
OK: PHP OpenSSL Support => ON
OK: PHP cURL Support => ON
OK: CURL NON-SSL Capability => Okay
OK: CURL SSL Capability => Okay
OK: PHP Upload Support => ON upload_max_filesize=64M; post_max_size=64M
OK: PHP Upload TMP dir =>
OK: Apache .htaccess Support => ON
NA: PHP include_path => .:/opt/alt/php53/usr/share/pear:/opt/alt/php53/usr/share/php
NA: PHP SMTP destination => localhost
NA: PHP sendmail path => /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i
NA: PHP sendmail 'from' =>
OK: PHP open_basedir restrictions =>
OK: PHP Output Buffering (gzip) => ON
OK: PHP XML Support => ON
OK: PHP Session.Save_Path => /home/pepperma/public_html/stage/shop2/cache-->Writeable
OK: includes/configure.php => Writeable
OK: admin/includes/configure.php => Writeable
OK: cache => OK 777 read/write/execute
OK: images => OK 777 read/write/execute (INCLUDE SUBDIRECTORIES TOO)
OK: includes/languages/english/html_includes => OK 777 read/write (INCLUDE SUBDIRECTORIES TOO)
OK: logs => OK 777 read/write/execute
OK: media => OK 777 read/write/execute
OK: pub => OK 777 read/write/execute
OK: admin/backups => OK 777 read/write
OK: admin/images/graphs => OK 777 read/write/execute
PHP Extensions compiled: Core, date, ereg, libxml, openssl, pcre, sqlite3, zlib, bz2, calendar, ctype, curl, hash, filter, ftp, gettext, gmp, SPL, iconv, pcntl, readline, Reflection, session, standard, shmop, SimpleXML, exif, tokenizer, xml, cgi-fcgi, bcmath, dom, enchant, fileinfo, gd, imagick, imap, intl, json, mbstring, mcrypt, mysql, mysqli, mysqlnd, PDO, pdo_mysql, pdo_sqlite, Phar, posix, pspell, sockets, tidy, wddx, xmlreader, xmlrpc, xmlwriter, xsl, zip, mhash, ionCube Loader, SourceGuardian, Zend Guard Loader
------------------------------


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Oct 20 2015 20:29 -- inspect
System Inspection Results:
------------------------------
NA: Webserver => Apache
NA: HTTP Host => peppermaster.com
NA: Path_Translated => /home/pepperma/public_html/stage/shop2/zc_install/index.php(SCRIPT_FILENAME)
NA: Real Path => /home/pepperma/public_html/stage/shop2
NA: Server Free Disk Space => 1133.45 GB
NA: PHP O/S => Linux
NA: PHP API Mode => cgi-fcgi
NA: PHP Max Execution Time per page => 90
OK: Register Globals => OFF
OK: MySQL Support => ON
OK: PHP Version => 5.3.29
OK: PHP Safe Mode => OFF
OK: PHP Sessions Support => ON
OK: PHP Session.AutoStart => OFF
OK: PHP session.use_trans_sid => OFF
OK: Current SQL Cache Folder => /home/pepperma/public_html/stage/shop2/cache-->Writeable
OK: Suggested SQL Cache Folder => /home/pepperma/public_html/stage/shop2/cache
OK: PHP magic_quotes_runtime setting => OFF
OK: PHP magic_quotes_sybase setting => OFF
OK: PHP GD Support => ON
OK: GD Version => GD bundled (2.1.0 compatible)
OK: PHP ZLIB Compression Support => ON
OK: PHP OpenSSL Support => ON
OK: PHP cURL Support => ON
OK: CURL NON-SSL Capability => Okay
OK: CURL SSL Capability => Okay
OK: PHP Upload Support => ON upload_max_filesize=64M; post_max_size=64M
OK: PHP Upload TMP dir =>
OK: Apache .htaccess Support => ON
NA: PHP include_path => .:/opt/alt/php53/usr/share/pear:/opt/alt/php53/usr/share/php
NA: PHP SMTP destination => localhost
NA: PHP sendmail path => /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i
NA: PHP sendmail 'from' =>
OK: PHP open_basedir restrictions =>
OK: PHP Output Buffering (gzip) => ON
OK: PHP XML Support => ON
OK: PHP Session.Save_Path => /home/pepperma/public_html/stage/shop2/cache-->Writeable
OK: includes/configure.php => Writeable
OK: admin/includes/configure.php => Writeable
OK: cache => OK 777 read/write/execute
OK: images => OK 777 read/write/execute (INCLUDE SUBDIRECTORIES TOO)
OK: includes/languages/english/html_includes => OK 777 read/write (INCLUDE SUBDIRECTORIES TOO)
OK: logs => OK 777 read/write/execute
OK: media => OK 777 read/write/execute
OK: pub => OK 777 read/write/execute
OK: admin/backups => OK 777 read/write
OK: admin/images/graphs => OK 777 read/write/execute
PHP Extensions compiled: Core, date, ereg, libxml, openssl, pcre, sqlite3, zlib, bz2, calendar, ctype, curl, hash, filter, ftp, gettext, gmp, SPL, iconv, pcntl, readline, Reflection, session, standard, shmop, SimpleXML, exif, tokenizer, xml, cgi-fcgi, bcmath, dom, enchant, fileinfo, gd, imagick, imap, intl, json, mbstring, mcrypt, mysql, mysqli, mysqlnd, PDO, pdo_mysql, pdo_sqlite, Phar, posix, pspell, sockets, tidy, wddx, xmlreader, xmlrpc, xmlwriter, xsl, zip, mhash, ionCube Loader, SourceGuardian, Zend Guard Loader
------------------------------


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Oct 20 2015 20:34 -- database_upgrade
NOTE: Skipped upgrade statements: 25 - See details at bottom of page for your inspection. - (Details also logged in the "upgrade_exceptions" table.) - Note: In most cases, these failed statements can be ignored, - as they are indications that certain settings may have already been set on your site. - If all the suggested upgrade steps have been completed (no recommendations left), - you may proceed to Skip Upgrades and continue configuring your site.

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Oct 20 2015 20:35 -- database_upgrade
NOTE: Skipped upgrade statements: 4 - See details at bottom of page for your inspection. - (Details also logged in the "upgrade_exceptions" table.) - Note: In most cases, these failed statements can be ignored, - as they are indications that certain settings may have already been set on your site. - If all the suggested upgrade steps have been completed (no recommendations left), - you may proceed to Skip Upgrades and continue configuring your site.
So, now I'm back to the starting point a nd I still don't have the db. Was it your intent to make me cry about this stupid thing again? maybe I should just go hire some shopify account and have done with it?

I'm sorry if this seems really simple to you, but now I'm just more confused than ever because, this should be so simple. And it really isn't.

So, I really do appreciate any help here.