upgrading from 3.5.4 to 3.6.0 problem -- duplicate posts -- :(

[ericgray]

hi all --

-- well, we had a massive problem yesterday when trying to do the upgrade --

--- on the auto-execute steps (1-11), it hung up on step one, timing out the server on IE and Firefox, making things VERY frustrating.

From there, we decided to revert to version 3.5.4, just to get the forum back up, and now it says it's version 3.5.5. --



The problem is, when someone quick-replies in the 3.5.4 (which used to work), they get a "duplicate post" error --

-- and worse yet, when they put a "post reply" in, they get a syntax error, shutting down their attempt.

What can we do? I am not a mySQL full-timer (I'm a lawyer), so this is extremely frustrating --

here is the forum -- www.pbsmiles.com --

I don't mind paying someone money to fix this even -- the whole forum is extremely frustrated --

THANK YOU!

eric