1.98M>2.0RC3>2.0 or 1.98M>2.0 = COM_VIRTUEMART_STRING_ERROR_NOT_UNIQUE_NAME

[AmStaF]

Here is my story of upgrading.

Joomla 1.7.3, VM1.98M, admin rights, localhost.

I was trying to walk through 1.98M -> 2.0RC3 -> 2.0

Before I started there were 93 tables, 58 of them were of virtuemart.

My actions 1.98 -> 2.0 RC3:
1. Uninstall the vmshipper plugin via the Joomla uninstall menu - success.
2. Delete virtuemart.cfg placed in the administrator/components/com_virtuemart folder - yes.
3. Frontend language and language of products are the same - yes, no action.
4. Start to install 2.0 RC3 from catalog.

The result was:

  Info: port Language categories found 18 vm1 entries for migration
  Info: port Language manufacturers found 11 vm1 entries for migration
  Info: port Language manufacturercategories found 2 vm1 entries for migration
  Info: port Language products found 21 vm1 entries for migration
  Info: port Language vendors found 1 vm1 entries for migration

  Tablename jos_virtuemart_adminmenuentries dropped: 0 altered: 10 added: 0
  ...
  .. (and so on with "successfully installed" in the end)

  vmError: TableCustoms COM_VIRTUEMART_STRING_ERROR_NOT_UNIQUE_NAME
  vmError:
  vmError: TableCustoms COM_VIRTUEMART_STRING_ERROR_NOT_UNIQUE_NAME

  Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in C:\...\com_virtuemart\install\script.virtuemart.php on line 521

  The Installation was SUCCESSFUL

By that time there were 102 tables, 67 of them were of virtuemart. New language tables are:

  jos_virtuemart_categories_ru_ru
  jos_virtuemart_manufacturercategories_ru_ru
  jos_virtuemart_manufacturers_ru_ru
  jos_virtuemart_paymentmethods_ru_ru
  jos_virtuemart_products_ru_ru
  jos_virtuemart_shipmentmethods_ru_ru
  jos_virtuemart_vendors_ru_ru

All categories, products, orders etc. are visible.

Questions:
1. What does it mean COM_VIRTUEMART_STRING_ERROR_NOT_UNIQUE_NAME?
2. What`s wrong with TableCustoms?
3. Could I upgrade 1.98M -> 2.0 (exclude 2.0RC3)?

So the same error with 1.98M -> 2.0 (vmError: TableCustoms: :bind not executed - or like this, don`t remember)

Could anyone help me with it? Thanks!

[AmStaF]

Hi!
Does anybody catch that error about customfields? I am disappointed with it, is it serious error? Should I made any change with customfields before updating?

[alatak]

Hi,

1. What does it mean COM_VIRTUEMART_STRING_ERROR_NOT_UNIQUE_NAME?

It means that the field should have a unique name.

[AmStaF]

Well, thanks! But.. what does it mean? What's wrong with customs and where is that non-unique name?