Can't create categories.

machineman87

Just did a fresh clean install of Vanilla, but am having trouble creating categories... as a matter of fact, I can't create any! It just returns the "Bonk" error. All I've been able to do is edit the default general discussion category.

Everything else is working well. Any pointers as to what is causing this?

x00

Ah the root category is -1, some version of mysql screw up the auto increment.

Solution
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/comment/151451#Comment_151451

x00

we can give pointers without the error.

Set

$Configuration['Garden']['Debug'] = TRUE;
$Configuration['Garden']['Errors']['MasterView'] = 'derror.master.php';

in config

machineman87

Thank you for that tip! Here is the out of adding a new category:

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Duplicate entry '2147483647' for key 'PRIMARY'

insert GDN_Category (UrlCode, AllowDiscussions, Name, Description, InsertUserID, UpdateUserID, DateInserted, DateUpdated) values (:UrlCode, :AllowDiscussions, :Name, :Description, :InsertUserID, :UpdateUserID, :DateInserted, :DateUpdated)
The error occurred on or near: /html/forums/library/database/class.database.php

275:
276: if (!is_object($PDOStatement)) {
277: trigger_error(ErrorMessage('PDO Statement failed to prepare', $this->ClassName, 'Query', $this->GetPDOErrorMessage($this->Connection()->errorInfo())), E_USER_ERROR);
278: } else if ($PDOStatement->execute($InputParameters) === FALSE) {
279: trigger_error(ErrorMessage($this->GetPDOErrorMessage($PDOStatement->errorInfo()), $this->ClassName, 'Query', $Sql), E_USER_ERROR);
280: }
281: } else {
282: $PDOStatement = $this->Connection()->query($Sql);
283: }

x00

Ah the root category is -1, some version of mysql screw up the auto increment.

Solution
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/comment/151451#Comment_151451

machineman87

Thank you, I will follow that process.