Randy, > I have not updated Farcry as you suggested > -- I am afraid of breaking something! :-)
It shouldn't be an issue (unless, of course, something was broken in a later version of core - which is always possible). The way FarCry's versioning works is "major.minor.patch", where the 17 in 6.0.17 is a patch (meaning it just fixes bugs or updates/enhances small features). So, just updating from 6.0.11 to 6.0.17 shouldn't be a problem. Going to a minor update (like the current stable 6.1.x branch) is different and generally means some minor database changes. Generally minor updates are pretty painless as well (they just require a couple extra steps), however thats not always the case (the wiki usually explains any issues for each minor release) - it can also sometimes require updates to plugins. Going to a major update (say if FarCry 7.x was the next version) would usually be the time where you want to be cautious and test vigorously in a dev environment first. A couple tips: 1. If you're running on a Windows server with IIS, make sure to turn off the IIS service before updating core (or you may get errors about files in use). This shouldn't be a problem if using Apache, but I usually stop Apache anyway. 2. As a best-practice, back up your old core folder first. This way you can rollback quickly if something goes wrong (remember that this is just a patch update, so no database changes have been made. So rolling back is usually pretty quick). What I do is rename the core folder (say "core_6.0.11") and create a new core folder, then place the new core files in there. (note: If you're using symlinks or anything, then maybe just move the contents of the folder instead). 3. Clear your projects' cache folders (every project you create has a www/cache folder). This is important because the FarCry core update may have a newer version of a js library. If you're lucky, the update should be pretty quick and downtime should be minimal. As always, I suggest testing in your dev environment first (and/or staging server). As I mentioned above, if all else fails, you can always rollback because it's just a patch release (just remember to clear the cache folder again if you rollback - just to keep the slate clean). Regards, -- Jeff Coughlin On Oct 27, 2011, at 4:14 PM, Randy Johnson wrote: >> All that said, I haven't seen the "invalid typename passed" but I would >> check to make sure all your content types are deployed in the COAPI manager. >> For your dmFile collection, you probably do want to use a file library. If >> you don't then Solr will only index the file's metadata in the database. If >> you choose a file library collection type it will index the actual files >> (PDF, Doc, etc) so that the contents of the files will be indexed which will >> certainly return better, more relevant results. > > Hello Sean, thank you for all of your help! Since last week, Search > has been working great, if we set the dmFile collection as Standard. > When i change it to File Library, that is when we start having issues. > Search will still return results based on file name, title, etc, but > will not give us anything on file contents. Do I need to re-index the > collection? Also, when I try to update that collection in the Farcry > admin, I get the following error: "Element '' is undefined in a CFML > structure referenced as part of an expression." This does not happen > with our other collection, or with dmFile when it is set as standard. > > Sorry to be a pest, but I am really confused and I appreciate all of > your help and suggestions. I have not updated Farcry as you suggested > -- I am afraid of breaking something! :-) > > -- > You received this message cos you are subscribed to "farcry-dev" Google group. > To post, email: [email protected] > To unsubscribe, email: [email protected] > For more options: http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev > -------------------------------- > Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/farcry -- You received this message cos you are subscribed to "farcry-dev" Google group. To post, email: [email protected] To unsubscribe, email: [email protected] For more options: http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev -------------------------------- Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/farcry
