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Revo RC 1 upgrade error

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    planner Reply #1, 16 years, 6 months ago
    Running beta 5, and got the error below while upgrading to RC 1

    Warning: PDO::exec() [pdo.exec]: SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1253 COLLATION ’utf8_general_ci’ is not valid for CHARACTER SET ’latin1’ in /../core/xpdo/om/mysql/connect.inc.php on line 12

    Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /../core/xpdo/om/mysql/connect.inc.php:12) in /../setup/includes/modinstallrequest.class.php on line 98
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      splittingred Reply #2, 16 years, 6 months ago
      Looks like you installed with one collation and tried to change it on the upgrade. You cant do that - you have to use the collation you installed with.
        shaun mccormick | bigcommerce mgr of software engineering, former modx co-architect | github | splittingred.com