Problem with MySQL 5 - 1054 Unknown column 'p.products_id' in 'on clause'

Our web host just upgraded mysql from 4 to 5 without ever informing us, and our zencart site is pretty much dead. I'm running a hacked up version of zencart 1.2.5, and today I'm getting the following error:

1054 Unknown column 'p.products_id' in 'on clause'

At first I was getting this when clicking on a category or a product. I made some changes in the includes\index_filters\default_filter.php and my categories are showing up, but when I click on a product to view the product details, I still get the same error. I don't know which query is creating the problem on this page and would appreciate it if someone can tell me which query i need to fix. Upgrading the site to the latest version of zencart at this time is out of the question because we have too many custom hacks and it would take a major effort.

The main site is at http://www.tmpanime.com. If you click on any product, you will get the above SQL error. I'm getting very frustrated because I get no debug info that gives me any clue on which query in what file is causing this. Thanks much.

Its most of em,

for mysql 5 you really need to be running at least 1.3.6 but 1371 or 138 would be much better,

Thanks for the reply, but as of now, it's going to be impossible for me to do an upgrade because we have too many hacks on the site. Like I said, I got the main category listings to work and I just need to get the product info page working. If you can please point me to the actual files that have the queries, I'll figure out the changes. I can't seem to track down the actual queries that makeup the page.

You said you're using v1.2.5.
There's no patch available for 1.2.5 directly.
But someone posted a patch a long time ago to work with v1.2.6 and MySQL 5.
You might find it of partial value in mending some queries.
Keep in mind that the patch only deals with some of the more common queries. There are a lot more "fixes" to MySQL queries esp in the admin ... in the v1.3 code.

Patch for v1.2.6: http://download.dataweb.no/files/zen-cart/patch/patch-zc1.2.6d.zip
Use at own risk

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!!! That did the trick for now. I guess I'm gonna be upgrading to the latest version this weekend.

My hosting provider gave me some notes and I had to edit them to make them work. This worked on zc 1.2.1

USE WITH CAUTION!! I have no idea what complications this may cause, and if there are any other MySQL5 errors, this won't fix them.

Look in includes/index_filters/default_filter.php

Find this...

    // show the products of a specified manufacturer
       if (isset($_GET['manufacturers_id'])) {
         if (isset($_GET['filter_id']) && tep_not_null($_GET['filter_id'])) {
    // We are asked to show only a specific category
           $listing_sql = "select " . $select_column_list . " p.products_id, p.manufacturers_id, p.products_price, p.products_tax_class_id, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, NULL) as specials_new_products_price, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as final_price from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd, " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS . " m, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " p2c left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id where p.products_status = '1' and p.manufacturers_id = m.manufacturers_id and m.manufacturers_id = '" . (int)$_GET['manufacturers_id'] . "' and p.products_id = p2c.products_id and pd.products_id = p2c.products_id and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' and p2c.categories_id = '" . (int)$_GET['filter_id'] . "'";
         } else {
    // We show them all
           $listing_sql = "select " . $select_column_list . " p.products_id, p.manufacturers_id, p.products_price, p.products_tax_class_id, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, NULL) as specials_new_products_price, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as final_price from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd, " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS . " m left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id where p.products_status = '1' and pd.products_id = p.products_id and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' and p.manufacturers_id = m.manufacturers_id and m.manufacturers_id = '" . (int)$_GET['manufacturers_id'] . "'";
         }
       } else {
    // show the products in a given categorie
         if (isset($_GET['filter_id']) && zen_not_null($_GET['filter_id'])) {
    // We are asked to show only specific catgeory
           $listing_sql = "select " . $select_column_list . " p.products_id, p.manufacturers_id, p.products_price, p.products_tax_class_id, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, NULL) as specials_new_products_price, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as final_price from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd, " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS . " m, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " p2c left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id where p.products_status = '1' and p.manufacturers_id = m.manufacturers_id and m.manufacturers_id = '" . (int)$_GET['filter_id'] . "' and p.products_id = p2c.products_id and pd.products_id = p2c.products_id and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' and p2c.categories_id = '" . (int)$current_category_id . "'";
         } else {
    // We show them all
           $listing_sql = "select " . $select_column_list . " p.products_id, p.manufacturers_id, p.products_price, p.products_tax_class_id, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, NULL) as specials_new_products_price, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as final_price from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p left join " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS . " m on p.manufacturers_id = m.manufacturers_id, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " p2c left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id where p.products_status = '1' and p.products_id = p2c.products_id and pd.products_id = p2c.products_id and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' and p2c.categories_id = '" . (int)$current_category_id . "'";
         }
       }
    -------------------------------------
```and replace with this
```php
        // show the products of a specified manufacturer
    if (isset($_GET['manufacturers_id']) && $_GET['manufacturers_id'] != '' ) {
    if (isset($_GET['filter_id']) && zen_not_null($_GET['filter_id'])) {
    // We are asked to show only a specific category
    $listing_sql = "select " . $select_column_list . " p.products_id, p.manufacturers_id, p.products_price, p.products_tax_class_id, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, NULL) as specials_new_products_price, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as final_price from (" . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd, " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS . " m, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " p2c ) left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id where p.products_status = '1' and p.manufacturers_id = m.manufacturers_id and m.manufacturers_id = '" . (int)$_GET['manufacturers_id'] . "' and p.products_id = p2c.products_id and pd.products_id = p2c.products_id and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' and p2c.categories_id = '" . (int)$_GET['filter_id'] . "'";
    } else {
    // We show them all
    $listing_sql = "select " . $select_column_list . " p.products_id, p.manufacturers_id, p.products_price, p.products_tax_class_id, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, NULL) as specials_new_products_price, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as final_price from (" . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd, " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS . " m) left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id where p.products_status = '1' and pd.products_id = p.products_id and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' and p.manufacturers_id = m.manufacturers_id and m.manufacturers_id = '" . (int)$_GET['manufacturers_id'] . "'";
    }
    } else {
    // show the products in a given categorie
    if (isset($_GET['filter_id']) && tep_not_null($_GET['filter_id'])) {
    // We are asked to show only specific catgeory
    $listing_sql = "select " . $select_column_list . " p.products_id, p.manufacturers_id, p.products_price, p.products_tax_class_id, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, NULL) as specials_new_products_price, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as final_price from (" . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd, " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS . " m, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " p2c) left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id where p.products_status = '1' and p.manufacturers_id = m.manufacturers_id and m.manufacturers_id = '" . (int)$_GET['filter_id'] . "' and p.products_id = p2c.products_id and pd.products_id = p2c.products_id and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' and p2c.categories_id = '" . (int)$current_category_id . "'";
    } else {
    // We show them all
    $listing_sql = "select " . $select_column_list . " p.products_id, p.manufacturers_id, p.products_price, p.products_tax_class_id, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, NULL) as specials_new_products_price, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as final_price from ((" . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p) left join " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS . " m on p.manufacturers_id = m.manufacturers_id, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " p2c) left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id where p.products_status = '1' and p.products_id = p2c.products_id and pd.products_id = p2c.products_id and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' and p2c.categories_id = '" . (int)$current_category_id . "'";
    }
    }