[Cdash] No builds shown in CDash project page‏‏

[Julien Jomier]

Hi Bob,

I think it might be easier if you can send me the database (compress via 
email should work). I'll try to take a look when I get a chance.

Julien

On 23/05/2011 17:14, Bob Berger wrote:
> Hello Julien,
>
> I had the same thought as you about upgrading to the latest version,
> 1.8.2. I actually tried that first, before I tried just upgrading to
> 1.2.1. When I upgraded to 1.8.2 several of the CDash pages displayed SQL
> or PHP warnings and errors. So I restored the database from a backup,
> and then tried upgrading to 1.2.1 and 1.4.1. As I recounted earlier,
> that also produced warnings and errors.
>
> I could try upgrading to 1.8.2 again, but I have no reason to expect a
> different outcome.
>
> Is there any documentation on the database that might allow me to
> identify the source of the instability in my database and correct it?
>
> My database is 3.05 MB. I would consider sharing it with you.
>
> Bob
>
>
>  > Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 09:59:02 +0200
>  > From: julien.jomier at kitware.com
>  > To: rsberger1 at hotmail.com
>  > CC: cdash at public.kitware.com
>  > Subject: Re: [Cdash] No builds shown in CDash project page‏‏
>  >
>  > Hi Bob,
>  >
>  > It seems that the database is in an unstable state. I would recommend to
>  > do a fresh install of the newest CDash (1.8.2). There might be a way to
>  > fix the database by creating the missing groups directly in the database
>  > and link them correctly to each project. My fear is that some other
>  > things might be broken as well. If you want to go that path, and if you
>  > can share your database (if not too big), I'll be happy to help.
>  >
>  > Otherwise I think a fresh install might solve all your problem (and add
>  > new features from 1.8).
>  >
>  > Julien
>  >
>  > On 17/05/2011 19:36, Bob Berger wrote:
>  > > The CDash build dashboard at my company has stopped showing any builds
>  > > in the project page, http://<my-url>/CDash/index.php?project
>  > > <http://%3cmy-url%3e/CDash/index.php?project>=<project_name>.
>  > >
>  > > We run nightly builds for 7 applications, and initially the dashboard
>  > > was showing builds for the 3 oldest apps, but not for the 4 apps that
>  > > have been added more recently.
>  > >
>  > > In the interest of brevity, I will only describe my last attempt to fix
>  > > this problem, which has unfortunately made it worse.
>  > >
>  > > After noticing that there were no entries in the buildgroup table
> of the
>  > > database for the 4 apps with no builds showing, I had made a guess that
>  > > the problem might be related to this bug:
>  > >
>  > > 0007639: Build group description required by MySQL but not set by PHP
>  > > build group commands (http://www.itk.org/B ug/view.php?id=7639
>  > > <http://www.itk.org/Bug/view.php?id=7639>).
>  > >
>  > > Since I was running CDash 1.0.2, and this bug was fixed in CDash 1.2, I
>  > > upgraded to version 1.2.1 (the only 1.2 release available from
>  > >
> http://public.kitware.com/Wiki/CDash:Installation#Previous_versions_of_CDash).
>  > > I followed the procedure documented at
>  > > http://public.kitware.com/Wiki/CDash:Upgrade. After this did not solve
>  > > the problem, I noticed that the list of bugs fixed in CDash 1.4
> included
>  > > this: 0007861 Upgrade from 1.0.2 to 1.2.1 breaks Groups. So I then
>  > > upgraded from 1.2.1 to 1.4.1. That did not fix the problem either, and
>  > > it caused several of the CDash web pages to show SQL or PHP
> warnings and
>  > > errrors. So I then reverted to my CDash 1.0.2 files and restored the
>  > > database which I had bac ked up before upgrading to 1.2.1.
>  > >
>  > > To my dismay, even the 3 projects that used to work properly now
> show no
>  > > builds. They do however display the text "No Nightly Builds", "No
>  > > Continuous Builds" and "No Experimental Builds", which the 4 newer
>  > > projects do not. Both the newer and older projects display the text "No
>  > > Coverage" and "No Dynamic Analysis".
>  > >
>  > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>  > >
>  > > I am running CDash 1.0.2 with PHP 5.2.6 on Windows Server 2008 Standard
>  > > SP2 (32-bit), using Apache 2.2.14 and MySQL 14.12.
>  > >
>  > > Thanks,
>  > >
>  > > Bob B.
>  > >
>  > > P.S I've posted this message to the list previously, but it doesn't
>  > > appear to have reached the list, since it is not in the archives, even
>  > > though messages posted later by others are there. So I'm posting it
>  > > again. My apologies if it turns out to be a duplicate posting.
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
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