V1.5.5a - do not see my data

[marton_1]

Hi

Just downloaded V1.5.5a. Ran Zcinstall, everything OK in my Xampp PC test site.
Only problem is I do not see my data after logging into V1.5.5a, see screenshot.
I had linked to a back up version of my DB which has ca. 3 years data. I understand the zcinstall updates the db structure?

When I click on "storefront" in V1.5.5a I see a ZC screen with "Congratulations! You have successfully installed your Zen Cart® E-Commerce Solution."

I have not changed or added anything to the V1.5.5a code, except I did download my images.

I have a v1.5.4 test site on my PC (never got around to porting to my live site) so today I linked to the same db version I used for V1.5.5a and v1.5.4 works as expected.

Any suggestions welcomed.

[mc12345678]

Suggest checking all of the DB_ related entries in the includes/configure.php files paying particular attention to DB_PREFIX.

[marton_1]

Suggest checking all of the DB_ related entries in the includes/configure.php files paying particular attention to DB_PREFIX.

Thanks, did check both v155a config files and they are identical to the v154 files. I do not use DBprefix.

Out of interest I changed the DB passwords in the DBs and in the config files- same result; 154 is OK and 155a is not.

Would I be able to log into 155a if there was no DB connection? I thought the login info is held in the ZC DB?

[mc12345678]

Thanks, did check both v155a config files and they are identical to the v154 files. I do not use DBprefix.

Out of interest I changed the DB passwords in the DBs and in the config files- same result; 154 is OK and 155a is not.

Would I be able to log into 155a if there was no DB connection? I thought the login info is held in the ZC DB?

The login information is contained in the database, but the admin side is controlled by admin/includes/configure.php where the store is controlled by includes/configure.php. So in the case of comparing two versions of ZC to each other, at least the two 1.5.5 files should be compared with each other as well as either of those files to your 1.5.4 version. Seeing as the image above is related to the admin, the admin versions should be compared.

An additional location to check is the admin/includes/local directory for any files that provide an alternate DB_ arrangement. As shown above, it appears that the database referenced by your 1.5.5 store (store side/admin side) is referencing an empty database which would be expected for a newly installed store before changing reference to a different database or importing a database to the one referenced by 1.5.5.

[marton_1]

The login information is contained in the database, but the admin side is controlled by admin/includes/configure.php where the store is controlled by includes/configure.php. So in the case of comparing two versions of ZC to each other, at least the two 1.5.5 files should be compared with each other as well as either of those files to your 1.5.4 version. Seeing as the image above is related to the admin, the admin versions should be compared.

An additional location to check is the admin/includes/local directory for any files that provide an alternate DB_ arrangement. As shown above, it appears that the database referenced by your 1.5.5 store (store side/admin side) is referencing an empty database which would be expected for a newly installed store before changing reference to a different database or importing a database to the one referenced by 1.5.5.

Great thanks.

Obvious when I think about it.

I checked and my 155 DB is empty! It has all the correct tables but the tables are empty! But why?

For both 154 and 155 I created a new DB and imported my latest back up. 154 is correctly populated.

Xampp reported the DB imports were OK.

zc install finished OK

I will start again from the beginning (reinstall the 155 download in my test folder, create a new DB and import, after import I will check the tables are populated , then run zc install) check the result and report back.

[mc12345678]

Well, if the actions were in the sequence described above, then the database tables are empty because after the import of the database zc_install was first run without requesting or being offered a database upgrade. If the database was now imported, things should be different and zc_install would need to be run to do the database upgrade...