Link Categories database crash and completely shut out of site

  • This is a catastrophy

    I have been trying to add some link categories I get a report that there is a database error

    Now I get the screen to start a new WordPress site, which I also get if I try to access the site as a viewer (which is wonderful for visitors and security) as well as if I try to access admin

    I have tried dropping the database and restoring from a backup – to no avail.

    What the hell do I do !! there is something seriously wrong with the link categories part of things

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  • Thread Starter nick_nielsen

    (@nick_nielsen)

    I suppose it is too much to expect the WordPress development team to give a useful answer to this problem.

    I somehow managed to get my site running again, and stripped out some plugins that I thought might be causing the problem.

    I have just been trying to edit links again. To begin with, they don’t save properly and now – lo and behold I am shut out of the site again with a database crash… Specifically I was trying to delete a link.

    Wish someone would get it right – and maybe think about developing sub-categories for links while they are at it.

    Thread Starter nick_nielsen

    (@nick_nielsen)

    Hello !!!
    Is anyone out there ?
    This problem continues to recur.
    Any taxonomy editing – tags, categories… causes database crash

    I get WP installation page, which means something has corrupted the dbase so that WP doesn’t know where it is anymore…

    Any suggestions as to why ?

    It happens since upgrading to 2.8

    your complaints are vague (believe it or not) and you

    .. . fail to provide ANY relevant hosting environment details.
    … dont give error message details.

    WHAT do you expect or even anticipate anyone being able to do for you?

    How about looking in your mysql logs?

    Thread Starter nick_nielsen

    (@nick_nielsen)

    There are NO ERROR MESSAGES just the WP install page.

    What environment details would be relevant? (and where would I find them)
    As far as I can make out, I don’t have access to an SQL log file, which is one hosting environment detail I suppose.

    All I know is that the only way to restore things is to drop all tables and import the backup.

    I also think that the problem seems to be related to taxonomy modification.

    Repair your database tables (see How do you repair a MySQL database table?)

    Deactivate all plugins

    Try to create the errors. Ask your host if they have any logs that can highlight the problem.

    Thread Starter nick_nielsen

    (@nick_nielsen)

    What seems to have cured it is turning off the keyword module in Headspace – or rather configuring it to use tags as keywords. Will see if I continue to get normal function.

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