[mythtv-users] Database upgrade failing (.20-fixes to .21 Ubuntu Backports)

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/12/2008 11:53 AM, Mark Murray wrote:
> Okay.  Something must have happened during the upgrade.  I just 
> restored the database back to what it was just before the upgrade and 
> re-ran /usr/bin/mythbackend.  I went through the exercise of upgrading 
> the database schema just fine.

Which is exactly why you create that backup.  :)  For others who find 
this thread, restoring the pre-upgrade DB should always be the first 
step when an upgrade fails.  That determines whether it's a reproducible 
failure or just a fluke.

Mike