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  • Hazar
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Topic: Error: Unable to fetch topic list.

So I just got through adding a second forum to my site, the first works fine.

What I did was essentially copy over the entire directory that held the first forum, renamed it, deleted the config file and avatars, went through the install again and got it up.

Everything looked great, I added a bunch of categories and forums but whenever you click on a forum to go in it you get this error.


An error was encountered
Error: Unable to fetch topic list.


This forum is using a different account to connect to a different subdatabase on the same main one so it shouldn't be looking at the other db.  I also checked the db entries for the one I'm using and it has 16 entries for class_forums like it should so I'm a bit lost on what's going on. 

If there's already been a thread on this sorry for the double post but search didn't come up with anything.

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Re: Error: Unable to fetch topic list.

Enable debug mode and paste the full error

3 Reply by Hazar

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Re: Error: Unable to fetch topic list.

hmmm, now I try to go to it without that and I get

An error was encountered
Error: Unable to update user visit data.

I turned that on and I get:


An error was encountered
File: /nfsn/content/cytosis/public/media/include/functions.php
Line: 92

PunBB reported: Unable to update user visit data

Database reported: Unknown column 'read_topics' in 'field list' (Errno: 1054)

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Re: Error: Unable to fetch topic list.

Well, you need to apply whatever database modifications you made to the other forum

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Re: Error: Unable to fetch topic list.

hmm, after a bunch of messing around with I'm back to where I started


I deleted the database I was on, deleted config.php and reinstalled the other board onto the same database the working forum is onto with a different prefix.

The new forum comes up fine but again when you click on a forum you get the message:


An error was encountered
Error: Unable to fetch topic list.

turning debug mode on I get:

File: /nfsn/content/cytosis/public/media/viewforum.php
Line: 138

PunBB reported: Unable to fetch topic list

Database reported: Unknown column 'question' in 'field list' (Errno: 1054)

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Re: Error: Unable to fetch topic list.

Again, you're missing the database modifications for a mod you previously installed wink