Old database being used by vB

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  • Wally Hartshorn
    Member
    • Feb 2001
    • 54
    • 2.2.6

    Old database being used by vB

    Every once in a while, I receive an automated e-mail with a subject of "vBulletin (forum) Database error!" and containing the following:
    Database error in vBulletin: cannot use database forums
    mysql error: Unknown database 'forums'
    mysql error number: 1049
    Date: Wednesday 27th of June 2001 03:39:33 PM
    Script:
    Referer:
    However, the database vBulletin is using is called "vbforums", not "forums". I had created a database called "forums" when I was initially experimenting with setting up vBulletin, but that is long since gone. Apparently, however, something is still trying to use the non-existent "forums" database once in a while, and I can't figure out what is doing it.

    Any ideas?
  • Wally Hartshorn
    Member
    • Feb 2001
    • 54
    • 2.2.6

    #2
    *bump* Any ideas?

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    • Mike Sullivan
      Former vBulletin Developer
      • Apr 2000
      • 13327
      • 3.6.x

      #3
      I was going to suggest that for some reason config.php couldn't get included, and "forums" was the default db name, but it's not -- the default is an empty string.

      So I don't see how this is possible unless some one is playing with config.php.

      The other interesting thing is that the "script" line is empty...

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      • Wayne Luke
        vBulletin Technical Support Lead
        • Aug 2000
        • 73981

        #4
        The only way this would happen is if you had an additional copy of the files on your server that still pointed to that old database.
        Translations provided by Google.

        Wayne Luke
        The Rabid Badger - a vBulletin Cloud demonstration site.
        vBulletin 5 API

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        • George L
          Former vBulletin Support
          • May 2000
          • 32996
          • 3.8.x

          #5
          yeah did you recently move servers or hosts ?

          they may still have your other copy running ?
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