Title: Database update failed
Last modified: July 29, 2022

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# Database update failed

 *  Resolved [cindymccoy2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cindymccoy2/)
 * (@cindymccoy2)
 * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-update-failed-3/)
 * The Database update failed. I bet it was because it was taking so long. From 
   what it was able to do in 10 mins, it will take 13 hours to update the data base.
   Will it try again later?

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 *  [wpwebsites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpwebsites/)
 * (@wpwebsites)
 * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-update-failed-3/#post-15873454)
 * Me too in large database
 *  Plugin Author [Ruben Garcia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rubengc/)
 * (@rubengc)
 * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-update-failed-3/#post-15873788)
 * Hi [@cindymccoy2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cindymccoy2/) and [@wpwebsites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpwebsites/)
 * Thank you both for report this issue, we just released an update fixed it
 * Also, do not worry about this small bug, is just that the upgrade tried to process
   a large number of user earnings entries to append extra data, this means that
   no matters that the process fails, if you run it again in version 2.3.7 or in
   the new one, 2.3.8, the process will continue exactly where it stopped
 * And I just want to remember that this database upgrade is 100% safe since is 
   only appending data to the user earnings, no data gets deleted or something similar
   so if the process stopped, you will not lose anything
 * Hope it helps!
 *  Thread Starter [cindymccoy2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cindymccoy2/)
 * (@cindymccoy2)
 * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-update-failed-3/#post-15873869)
 * How do you tell it to run again?
 *  Plugin Author [Ruben Garcia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rubengc/)
 * (@rubengc)
 * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-update-failed-3/#post-15875294)
 * Hi [@cindymccoy2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cindymccoy2/)
 * If there are any entries to update a notice will appear at top of your dashboard
 * If you do not see this notice, it means that there are no entries to update so
   the upgrade does not need to run again
 * Hope it helps!
 *  Thread Starter [cindymccoy2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cindymccoy2/)
 * (@cindymccoy2)
 * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-update-failed-3/#post-15875378)
 * Then I guess it must be done. 8o)
    Thank you!

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 * Last reply from: [cindymccoy2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cindymccoy2/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-update-failed-3/#post-15875378)
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