[Xerte] Re: Problem with installer

Sat Jan 26 18:43:03 GMT 2013

Brian,

I know it's the hyphen that is causing the problem. According to what others have reported in the Google search link below, hyphens in database names cause issues which can be resolved by using the backticks around the database name. It's one of those charming quirks of MySQL. If you ever use phpMyAdmin to export a database, you'll see that it always uses backticks around database and table names when it generates the SQL.

Cheers

Paul Swanson
Internal Business Systems Analyst
Internal Business Intelligence
Harland Financial Solutions
(800) 274-7280 Ext. 2462
Paul.Swanson at harlandfs.com

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Brian Chivers
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 10:02 AM
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Subject: [Xerte] Re: Problem with installer

It's no so much the database name that causes the problem as I'm only using a simple name it's the hyphen in the connection string for the fqdn.

I'll have a look at this on Monday when I'm back in the office and post back my results :-)

Thanks
Brian
On 26 Jan 2013 17:57, "Paul Swanson" <Paul.Swanson at harlandfs.com<mailto:Paul.Swanson at harlandfs.com>> wrote:
The script that creates the database needs to have backticks ( ` ) around the database name. The backtick character is on the same key as the ~ character.

https://www.google.com/search?q=mysql+hyphen+database+name

You might also need to alter the scripts that connect to the database to include backticks around the database name.

Paul Swanson
Internal Business Systems Analyst
Internal Business Intelligence
Harland Financial Solutions
(800) 274-7280 Ext. 2462<tel:%28800%29%20274-7280%20Ext.%202462>
Paul.Swanson at harlandfs.com<mailto:Paul.Swanson at harlandfs.com>

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>] On Behalf Of Brian Chivers
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 2:27 AM
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Subject: [Xerte] Re: Problem with installer

Yes, I can use localhost but then on the last page where you setup all the settings such as url, admin password etc it fails at that point as well as it tries to store this in the database which again uses the fqdn and errors on the hyphon.

My boss uses php a lot so he might be able to help me sort it on this page but I'm just a little concerned that db calls are used on other pages that will cause problems when Xerte is in use.

What I'll try and do is sort it on this page and then post how we fixed it to the developers list to see where else it might need fixing

Brian
On 26 Jan 2013 10:19, "Ron Mitchell" <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk<mailto:ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>> wrote:
Just a quick check are you putting that FQDN for the MySQL host? Is the db on the same server as your XOT install? If so just use localhost in the mysql host field but run setup from the FQDN.

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>] On Behalf Of Brian Chivers
Sent: 25 January 2013 21:37
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Subject: [Xerte] Re: Problem with installer

I realise that one is supposed to to fail but this problem is after this test that it fails.

I'll contact the developers list for help and to offer help.

Thanks
On 25 Jan 2013 21:02, "Pat @ Pgogy" <xerte at pgogywebstuff.com<mailto:xerte at pgogywebstuff.com>> wrote:
One of the test scripts is designed to fail, but if you can make /setup better feel free too.

You might also like the dev list as that is more techie

Pgogy Webstuff - http://www.pgogywebstuff.com
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On 25 Jan 2013, at 15:46, Brian Chivers <brian at portsmouth-college.ac.uk<mailto:brian at portsmouth-college.ac.uk>> wrote:

> I've just tried to install Xerte toolkit 1.9 onto a freshly setup Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server running the latest mysql / php stack and have run into a problem with the installer php scripts.
>
> The server has a FQDN of xerte.portsmouth-college.ac.uk<http://xerte.portsmouth-college.ac.uk> and when I run setup/mysql_test.php on the test where it checks connectivity I get this error
>
> Due to the following error - 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 '-college.ac.uk<http://college.ac.uk>' at line 1 - 1064 we cannot ascertain whether we can create this database
>
> It would appear that it isn't escaping the FQDN correctly causing the mysql statement to fail.
>
> If I rename the server to use our secondary domain tpc.ac.uk<http://tpc.ac.uk> the installer goes through fine so I know there is nothing wrong with the install.
>
> I still have the first server so if required I can test altered php files.
>
> Thanks
> Brian Chivers
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