[TYPO3-english] Need advice on database relations

[Katja Lampela]

8.1.2013 18:37, lesm kirjoitti:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a medium size site running TYPO3 version 4.1.6 for a long time
> that refuses to be updated.  All my attempts to update to anything
> above that version ends up with a warning from my provider, telling
> me  TYPO3 is severing the MySql server.  Then I must abort the
> update, and forced to upload the database-backup in order to restore
> the site.  As a matter of fact, I have updated other sites using the
> same structure and typoscript templates from TYPO3 version 4.1.6 to
> other versions without a glitch.
>
> So, I'm trying to find the reason of this update refusal.  At this
> moment I'm dealing with the files (images) in fileadmin/ that are
> copied into upload/ instead of being referenced.  This is
> inconvenient if you have lots of files repeatedly copied, but that's
> another problem.
>
> However, the database has more than one hundred "files referenced
> from more than one record" out of several thousands used.  The DB
> check tool list them without any comment or recommendation, as
> follows:
>
> Database Relations:
> /home/mysite/public_html/uploads/pics/image_81.gif: 2 references:
> [tt_content][1734][image] (pid:1268) - [tt_content][3757][image]
> (pid:3662) - ...
>
> My questions are: How this affects TYPO3 itself and/or the update
> from 4.1 to 4.x? Is this a warning or an error. Should I ignore them?
> Should I fix them?
>
> Any help will be appreciated Thanks Luis E. Suarez

I don't know the answer for sure to your question, though my guess is: it's not the cause to your troubles. But are you sure your server's MySQL and PHP versions are what the update requires?

Check http://typo3.org/download/

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With kind regards

Katja Lampela
*Lieska-tuotanto*
www.lieska.net