Replaced 7.28 with 7.29 file on bluehost file mgr. sparing only the sites folder. Now my site shows still cor 7.28 and with update.php shows no pending updates. I did not copy over a profile file, I did not think I had done "custom install"
Any suggestions?

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John_B’s picture

sometimes clearing (ie truncating, not dropping) the cache_update table of the database fixes this.

BTW using file manger is the hard way to update. If you have installed drush, drush up takes 5 second. It is still safer test test updates on a development copy of the site - still updating live is a calculated risk I take myself sometimes, certainly on my own site where there is no client to complain if the site crashes.

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Delong’s picture

I will give this a shot by going directly into phpadmin DB for the site and selecting truncation for cache_update table of DB? Still trying to learn Drush but a bit uncomfortable yet.

Delong’s picture

Truncating cache_update table, unfortunately did not work. Any other suggestions. Again, update.php shows no pending updates and my core is showing as still 7.28.

John_B’s picture

Maybe you missed some files. Did you check CHANGELOG.txt to ensure that that file at least got upgraded?

I cannot honestly remember where Drupal is checking for the version. If you search all the Drupal files on your site using grep for 7.28, that will tell you whether you still have a Drupal 7.28 file there. If you have, your update is clearly incomplete. If you have not at least you know the problem is in the database. This will narrow down the places to look for the problem.

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Delong’s picture

The only folder container called 7.28 (where the files were),now contains the entire 7.29 folder. No 7.28 file are found. Yes changelog.txt for 7.29 is there.

John_B’s picture

I am not sure whether you mean you have searched inside the files for 7.28, using grep for example? If not, I would do so before moving on to look in the database for the wrong number.

Some time ago in a forum thread I spent a long time working out how Drupal reads the version number, and the more detailed reply is out there somewhere! I do not have the energy to repeat it, neither can I remember it. Sometimes I learn interesting stuff by reading my own old posts...

If you have not done so yet, I would suggest searching inside all files for the string 7.28, which you can do with a search program (if you are already using command line you are no doubt familiar with the grep utility for searching inside files).

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wusel’s picture

First make a backup of your complete code and your database to another server or your computer!

Then look at https://www.drupal.org/node/1223018 and follow it again!

Good luck!

Wusel

Delong’s picture

Appreciate the help, but for now I replaced 7.28, some post suggests php version, i am not comfortable enough at this point to work with that at this time. Will focus when I get more time. Also, i am new and have been slowly trying to learn drush; any recommended resources?
Thanks again

John_B’s picture

Php version appears to me irrelevant for this problem.

All the drush commands are listed on drush.ws and by issuing command drush --help. If you want a gentler introduction to drush than the documentation, fork out a little money for video courses from buildamodule.com and / or drupalize.me. Both probably have a few freebies you can use to test drive them.

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