Warning Your database appears to need patching to a higher level

AWESOME!! Worked like a charm. Thanks so much!

I upgraded from 1.3.0.1 to 1.3.6. all have gone right. Only database warning is still there. I no longer has the zc-folder , so wonder how to fix the problem. Earlier posts seem to point to this folder.

specially DrByte says zc_install should be used. I am a litlle dumbfounded.

I upgraded from 1.3.0.1 to 1.3.6. all have gone right. Very glad that 136 fixed Choose your country bug.

Only database warning is still there. I no longer has the zc-folder , so wonder how to fix the problem. Earlier posts seem to point to this folder.

specially DrByte says zc_install should be used. I am a litlle dumbfounded.

Maybe the only way to go ahead of rme is to use Pinkbeef's suggestion. I wonder if I use that method whether it will cause later big problems during upgrade or installing another mod.

Any help is appreciated. Right now I have the database warning on my site as if across my forehead.

it appears that i upgraded by fantastico, something to be avoided -according to instructions. Any help is appreciated.

Make sure that you have the correct version.php file inside the includes/ folder.

Vger

Thank you Vger for your reply.

now i have 1.3.6. In the includes folder, the version.php has the following. Does it mean it is the correct version. :

...
define('PROJECT_VERSION_NAME', 'Zen Cart');

define('PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR', '1');

define('PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR', '3.6');

define('PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH1', '');

define('PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH2', '');

define('PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH1_SOURCE', '');

define('PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH2_SOURCE', '');

define('NEW_VERSION_CHECKUP_URL','http://ping.zen-cart.com/version_id.txt');

define('EXPECTED_DATABASE_VERSION_MAJOR', '1');

define('EXPECTED_DATABASE_VERSION_MINOR', '3.6');

?>

It is again my sucker question, sorry.
Except the warning, the site seems to work better than before. Interestingly, after upgrading thru fantastico, I found a new admin folder and suspected if that contributed in causing the warning or any conflict. so I renamed it, but to no avail.

I guess it now goes back to the original problem - you upgraded through Fantastico and not using the Zen Cart upgrade system. If you have a copy of your old site then reinstall it and then use the Zen Cart upgrade system.

Vger

is it ok to upload zc_install folder? on the following link, post #9 , I read if zc_install is deleted it can be uploaded again. Will it cause problems later with future upgrades even if it does the trick now?

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43955&highlight=restore+database

The problem is that you've already run an upgrade via Fantastico, so trying to upgrade again in the correct way may just make things worse.

Did you backup your site before upgrading? If so, load the old site and then run the upgrade.

Vger

A real goofy question: should old i.e. present live site be wiped out and backup be uploaded?

zenartman:

is it ok to upload zc_install folder? on the following link, post #9 , I read if zc_install is deleted it can be uploaded again. Will it cause problems later with future upgrades even if it does the trick now?

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43955&highlight=restore+database

To do an upgrade you NEED to re-upload the newest zc_install folder. Use it to do your database-upgrade, and then remove the zc_install folder again.

Make sure you have done backups of your database before proceeding.

My test site is ok. But live site got problem.

Does somebody know why I have these words:

Warning: main(version.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/XXXXXXXXXXXXX/public_html/artscrafts/zc_install/includes/application_top.php on line 26

Warning: main(version.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/XXXXXXXXXXXXX/public_html/artscrafts/zc_install/includes/application_top.php on line 26

Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'version.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/XXXXXXXXXXXXX/public_html/artscrafts/zc_install/includes/application_top.php on line 26

Two guesses....

1. If you are installing/upgrading, you probably have a botched ftp and not all the files made it to the server.
2. If you are not upgrading/installing, you have everything in the wrong directory as the zc_install directory should not be there except for installation/upgrade.