[wp-testers] [Fwd: Database errors after initial upgrade]

[Ryan Boren]

On 9/12/07, Gene Steinberg <gene at macnightowl.com> wrote:
>
> On Sep 12, 2007, at 10:21 AM, Ryan Boren wrote:
>
> > Indeed. If you have old tables made by earlier versions of 2.3 laying
> > around, they will interfere with the upgrade.  Before upgrading from
> > 2.2.x, make sure your database does not have terms, term_taxonomy, or
> > term_relationships tables
>
>
> Just out of curiosity, Ryan: If one encounters those tables in the
> database, should they be deleted wholesale or what?

Yes, drop them entirely, but only when upgrading from a release
earlier than 2.3.  Once you're on 2.3 happily they need to stay.