[TYPO3-dev] Can't change type of page in BE

[Olle Haerstedt]

Quote: Bernd Wilke[2] wrote on Wed, 22 October 2014 11:36
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> Am 22.10.14 10:29, schrieb Olle Haerstedt:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I managed to break something when I wanted to introduce a new page type
> > and now I can't fix it. There's no error messages in the apache log,
> > I've cleared the cache. Also no messages in the TYPO3 BE log.
> >
> > What I've done is extending the pages table with a new field,
> > applicationid. I've also changed ext_tables.php to be able to choose a
> > new page type. I've tried to revert to an older version of my extension
> > without this problem
> > being fixed.
> >
> > The symptom is this: When I edit an old page or create a new one,
> > when I try to change page type to whatever I get this popup:
> >
> > "This change will affect which fields are available in the form.
> > Would you like to save now in order to refresh the display?"
> >
> > It doesn't matter what I choose: when the display is refreshed, the page
> > type is
> > the old page type. So this field is not being saved. I can save and
> > change other
> > fields, though.
> >
> > Does anybody know why this is? Where to look for errors? Is there any
> > log to
> > hint about the problem?
> >
> 
> Have you inserted the new field in your database table?
> maybe you extended your (active) extension and cleared the cache. then 
> your new field is known to TCA but any writes to the table 'pages' which 
> include the new field will fail as mySQL does not know about the new 
> field.
> 
> do a compare database in the install-tool.
> 
> bernd
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Disregard my last post, I uninstalled a couple of temporary extensions and the second
type select post disappeared.

Have a good one!
Olle