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#74 09-16-2000, 06:36 AM

I just had the most horrible time trying to install this hack, even though it probably should have been fairly easy. I'm using vBulletin v 1.1.3 B3 and followed the "first time installation" instructions which were included in the zip file.

I edited all of the files, then uploaded the makeprivtables.php file to my server. When I ran it, I got a database error, and the following message was sent to me:

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Database error in vBulletin: Invalid SQL: ALTER TABLE usergroup ADD canusepm TINYINT (4) DEFAULT '1' not null
mysql error: Lost connection to MySQL server during query
mysql error number: 2013
Script: /forums/makeprivtables.php

I clicked 'refresh' and tried to run makeprivtables.php again. This time I got a new error:

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Database error in vBulletin: Invalid SQL: ALTER TABLE usergroup ADD canusepm TINYINT (4) DEFAULT '1' not null
mysql error: Duplicate column name 'canusepm'
mysql error number: 1060
Script: /forums/makeprivtables.php

I went ahead and uploaded the modified files, changed the PM settings in options.php, and tried to access my board. When I tried to load my forums, I got a parse error:

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Parse error: parse error in global.php on line 199

About an hour later, I gave up and restored my backup copies of the files which were edited. Everything appears to be working like before now, thankfully. I'm not sure if the problems were because of the Database errors, or maybe the instructions for modifying the code (I noticed that in the instructions for global.php it mentioned versions 1.1.2 and 1.1.1, but not 1.1.3).

I don't know a whole lot about MySQL, and vBulletin is the first PHP program I've used with my site. I have used plenty of Perl and CGI scripts before though, and have never really had a problem. Does anyone have an idea of what I might be doing wrong here, or what could be causing all of the problems? Any help is appreciated... thanks.

-Tom

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