Fatal error: mysql error (1064 error) -- v1.0-alpha

I have a cart that has been working correctly for some time. I'm not sure what version it is but I suspect it's an older version. (Where do I find the version?) When we try to add products to the catalog we now get the following error when we go into the Catalog>Categories / Products section. Does anybody have any idea what has caused this error and what we need to do to fix it.

Fatal error: mysql error: [1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '-10, 10' at line 1] in EXECUTE("select p.products_id, pd.products_name, p.products_model, p.products_quantity, p.products_image, p.products_price, p.products_date_added, p.products_last_modified, p.products_date_available, p.products_status, p.products_quantity_order_min, p.products_quantity_order_units, p.products_priced_by_attribute, p.product_is_free, p.product_is_call, p.products_quantity_mixed, p.products_quantity_order_max from products p, products_description pd, products_to_categories p2c where p.products_id = pd.products_id and pd.language_id = '1' and p.products_id = p2c.products_id and p2c.categories_id = '0' order by pd.products_name limit -10, 10") in /home/roadware/public_html/includes/classes/adodb/adodb-errorhandler.inc.php on line 139

Yes, you definitely have a very old version -- something prior to v1.2.0.
You can see the version number under Admin->Tools->Server Info

Were there any recent changes to your hosting plan ? ie: a switch to newer PHP or MySQL versions?

Were there any recent customizations installed on your site?

Does running a Database Repair via phpMyAdmin (on each table individually) or cPanel (entire database) solve the problem?

I tride the suggestions you gave but they didn't work. I suspect the mysql database has been updated. the problem hasn't showed up before because they haven't added products sence 2004.

I checked the version and it says "Zencart Alpha Relese" so it is old and needs updated. Mysql is version 4.4.2.

I coppied lines 129 through 139 from the file below. It says the error is on 129. I suspect the error is somewhere in that code but I'm not a PHP expert. Does anybody see anything that needs to be changed to make this work untill we have time to upgrade.

if (defined('ADODB_ERROR_LOG_TYPE')) {

$t = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');

if (defined('ADODB_ERROR_LOG_DEST'))

error_log("($t) $s", DODB_ERROR_LOG_TYPE, ADODB_ERROR_LOG_DEST);

else

error_log("($t) $s", ADODB_ERROR_LOG_TYPE);

Try editing /admin/includes/classes/split_page_results.php
on line 49 you have:$offset = ($max_rows_per_page * ($current_page_number - 1));Insert a new line below it and add the following:```
// fix offset error on some versions
if ($offset < 0) { $offset = 0; }

Hopefully this will stop the -10 from appearing, and start at 0 instead.

DrByte
Thank you very much! That fixed the problem.
Thanks
Dale

You're welcome.

I strongly recommend you upgrade. Considering you're working with such old code, I would suggest that your "upgrade" actually be a "redo" of the site, using the new code.

I was also thinking it would be the best way. I'm wondering how much trouble it's goin to be to import the database into a new cart.

Dale Schibbelhut:

I was also thinking [upgrading] would be the best way. I'm wondering how much trouble it's goin to be to import the database into a new cart.

Easy.
Backup the old database.
Import it to a new database for testing.
Upgrade it.
Customize the site (files etc)
Then move the new 'files' to the old site, and upgrade the old database in-place.

It's documented in the various instructions docs which can be found in the /docs folder of your Zen Cart files.

Hi!
I've got this message,when i try to send a newsletter?
Anyone knows the solution?

1064 You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'WHERE email_format != 'NONE' and confirmed = 1 and (customers_id IS NULL or cust' at line 1
in:
[SELECT email_address as customers_email_address FROM WHERE email_format != 'NONE' and confirmed = 1 and (customers_id IS NULL or customers_id = 0) order by email_address ]
If you were entering information, press the BACK button in your browser and re-check the information you had entered to be sure you left no blank fields.

You've installed an addon that alters or adds records in the query_builder table, and now you've got something in there that's got bad syntax, and is thus triggering your error.