• weezel
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Topic: Getting error creating a 2nd catagory

Hey smile

Im kinda new to this forum software so i'll try to make sense smile

When creating a new catagory and adding forums to said catagory, i get the following error when i refresh the index page;


An error was encountered
Error: Unable to fetch category/forum list.

Ive made sure that each catagory has a unique position, as well as making sure of the same for each forum i add to the catagories i've created. Deleting the newly added catagories solves this problem, but then im left with the original catagory, not being able to add more. i can happily add new forums to the original catagory, i've even renamed it too, and it works. Just adding new catagories doesnt, and produces that error.

Ive had a look in the ReadMe files, and didnt see any mention of this sort of thing, any help would be appreciated !

  • Smartys
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Re: Getting error creating a 2nd catagory

It sounds like for some reason the category id isn't set auto_increment: did you by chance try and install a mod?

  • weezel
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Re: Getting error creating a 2nd catagory

not before configuring what i've explained there no. only mods i have put in are

User Management
Global Topic
Broadcast Email

but i tried to do the catagory thing before i messed with mods

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Re: Getting error creating a 2nd catagory

You'll probably want to set PunBB into debug mode and paste the error message here, like so: http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=2658

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  • weezel
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Re: Getting error creating a 2nd catagory

Just woke up, and saw your reply so thought i'd give it a go. edited the suggested file removing the // as mentioned, and for whatever reason the categories and forums in those categories now appear yikes

not even sure what i've done to affect that, but it works big_smile

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Re: Getting error creating a 2nd catagory

That's good to hear. Just make sure you edit common.php again to disable debug mode (assuming you haven't already).

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