I have read the forum and tried to follow the directions in the "3 Easy Steps" document but I'm still having some problems.

I created a copy of my db from 1.2.7 and used it to create a db in 1.3.8 and I edited the configure.php in includes and admin/includes to provide the appropriate db and site information.

When I go to the site root, I get the following error message:

-------Begin Message
1054 Unknown column 'startdate' in 'field list'
in:
[select startdate, counter, session_counter from zen_counter_history where startdate='20090201']
-------End Message

1. Is that an indication that the connection to the db is being made?

I then executed zc_install/index.php but I did not get the Upgrade option.

2. Would I be okay to execute the sql upgrade scripts directly on the db without using zc_install?

Any help would be appreciated.

Carter