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A client upgraded their site to 2.5, and I believe the update didn't finish.

At first there was a 500 error. I tried rolling the app back (code only) and it gave an error that the database version didn't support rolling back. Replacing the craft/app directory with a fresh version of 2.5 fixed the 500 error.

The site and some of the admin area work, but in the control panel I cannot access Assets or Entries, I get this error:

CDbCommand failed to execute the SQL statement: SQLSTATE[42S02]: Base table or view not found: 1146 Table 'mysite.craft_elementindexsettings' doesn't exist

So it seems like something with the migration failed. Except must have not been fully failed, because of the error I got about the database version.

The catch is that the client didn't do a database backup before initiating the update, so there isn't a good rollback point.

Could I manually add this table? Any other potentially fixes for this? Is there a way to tell Craft to re-run the migration to 2.5?

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  • Unless it's disabled, Craft will automatically perform a DB backup before running an update. Were automatic backups disabled?
    – Lindsey D
    Commented Feb 4, 2016 at 2:55
  • Oh, thank you. I didn't realize this. Importing that backed up database initiated the migration and the problem is fixed. For anyone finding this unfamiliar with where the automatic backup is, it's /craft/storage/backups
    – Jason D
    Commented Feb 4, 2016 at 3:27

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As Lindsey D pointed out in the comment, the answer was to restore the database backup from the automatic backup located in /craft/storage/backups that is generated when the update was initiated.

When this backup is put into place it will re-run the database migration when you visit the Admin area.

So my full solution was 2 steps:

  1. Replace /craft/app with a fresh copy
  2. Restore the automatically backed up database in /craft/storage/backups
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