I recently upgraded wordpress from version 2.1 to 2.3, doing the following: 1. Uploaded the files. 2. Updated the database through phpmyadmin. PhpMyAdmin works fine, with no errors, and the data in the database is fine; I am just getting this error in the index.php: WordPress database error: [Table 'ccenter02_dental.wp_categories' doesn't exist] SELECT * FROM wp_categories You can the the error at work here: Dratactuk.com I contacted a tech at my host who provided this link in order to force a database update, which I did, and it was the reason I was able to take step 2 above, as mentioned in the article, however I am still getting an error. I have looked all over wordpress faqs and forums, unsuccesfully, has anyone here seen this before, or has any idea what it could be? I am editing this post to add a $10 incentive (via paypal only). ..
I got the same exact error last night. I wound up re-installing a fresh copy of wordpress and restoring my old database, and it worked. That was the "hard way" to do it, I didn't know how else it could be done, after fighting with it for a long time.
I tried executing the upgrade again, uploaded all the files, updated the database, and get the same error. I would really like to avoid installing a fresh copy of the script, the plugins, images, configuration, etc.
Things I have tried and failed: 1. Upgrading all over again. 2. Upgrading Google sitemaps plugin to 3.0 3. Changing the theme to a 2.3 compatible theme according to the wordpress codex website. ..