[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #36886: Automatic update to 4.5.2 caused error when DB was updated.

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#36886: Automatic update to 4.5.2 caused error when DB was updated.
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 Reporter:  BobNwp           |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)     |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |    Version:  4.5.2
 Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                   |
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 An automatic update was done (even though I had the proper settings in the
 config file to prevent auto updates) and when I logged into the site, I
 was told:

 "WordPress has been updated! Before we send you on your way, we have to
 update your database to the newest version."

 Output from the update was:

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 WordPress database error: [Unknown character set: 'UTF']
 CREATE TABLE wp_termmeta ( meta_id bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL
 auto_increment, term_id bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', meta_key
 varchar(255) default NULL, meta_value longtext, PRIMARY KEY (meta_id), KEY
 term_id (term_id), KEY meta_key (meta_key(191)) ) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET
 UTF-8 Unicode
 Update Complete

 Your WordPress database has been successfully updated!

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 An error occurred but I'm told the database was successfully updated??

 The update was to 4.5.2 and I think, it was from 4.3.1 This is a WP
 installation not yet in production and I would have updated it, and tested
 it, prior to going live with it.

 You can read about my issues concerning automatic updates and why I want
 to control them at [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/preventing-all-
 auto-updates-define-automatic_updater_disabled-true]

 I asked about the problem on the forum at
 [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/an-auto-update-of-the-db-failed-with-
 an-error-any-ideas-as-to-cause]

 The update error was causing an error message in the side bar - that is
 documented in the forum post to which I just referred.

 I resolved the problem, I think, via the processing in my last reply to
 the previously referenced forum post.

 You have two problems -

 1 - Telling me that the database update was successful when there is
 obviously an error.

 2 - the error in the database update itself.

 Let me know if there is any information you need.

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