Database schema version (2.5.11) does not match CMS version (3.1.1).

Question

I have been upgrading a joomla (2.5- to - 3.1) site locally but the upgrade is broken. The sql upgrade did not pass. I have been trying to use the database fix option but even like that did not get it to work in my case.

Database schema version (2.5.11) does not match CMS version (3.1.1).

Table '#__content' does not have column 'title_alias' with type 'VARCHAR(255)'. (From file 1.7.3-2011-10-15.sql.)

I have been trying to execute manually the other query but fails.

How could I fix my broken tables?

Where could I get a valid sql upgrade script?

Answer 1

Try clicking the "Fix" button on the Extension Manager > Database view. If this still does not resolve your issue, you'll need to manually apply all of the fixes. You can grab the SQL updates from GitHub (the same relative file path applies as well) and manually run each file's queries using a tool such as phpMyAdmin. Note you'll need to change the table prefix (#__) to match that of your own site.

Answer 2

had the same problem when doing upgrade 2.5.11 => 3.1.1, fixed it by first using phpmyadmin to add a title_alias field with VARCHAR(50) to #__contents table. after which joomla added another complaint that title_alias should not exist in 3.0.

After applying 'Fix' I guess the old update scripts for 1.7 first changed title_alias to VARCHAR(255), then the update for 3.0 removed it again, updated the schema version in the db and joomla stopped complaining... Hope this helps you.