Title: Installation errors
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Installation errors

 *  [hanajo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hanajo/)
 * (@hanajo)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-errors-2/)
 * i’m new to wordpress and last week i downloaded version 1.2.2 and i installed
   it today. however when i went to the site, i downloaded version 1.5 and wanted
   to install that. so i deleted all of 1.2.2 ( i hadn’t really started using it
   yet – i just did some mild customization in options) and installed version 1.5.
   but now everything is really weird and when i go to my wordpress site, nothing
   is there. there is a lot of gibberish on the dashboard and presentation pages
   like this:
 * WordPress database error: [Unknown column ‘autoload’ in ‘field list’]
    INSERT
   INTO wp_options (option_name, option_value, option_description, autoload) VALUES(‘
   rss_0ff4b43bd116a9d8720d689c80e7dfd4’, ”, ”, ‘no’)
 * and
 * WordPress database error: [Unknown column ‘autoload’ in ‘field list’]
    INSERT
   INTO wp_options (option_name, option_value, option_description, autoload) VALUES(‘
   template’, ”, ”, ‘yes’)
 * Also, the installation pages had this type of stuff too.
 * How do i fix this – this is the first time i’ve used blogging software so i am
   VERY blog-software illiterate.

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 *  [Teja](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teja/)
 * (@teja)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-errors-2/#post-147321)
 * Ok when you deleted WordPress 1.2.2, did you delete the MySQL database aswell?
   You need to do that and then do the install
    **[Moderator comments – The above
   information is WRONG. You do NOT need to delete your database. There is virtually
   NO TIME ever when the database needs to be deleted. Let’s not confuse `database`
   with `tables`.]**
 *  Thread Starter [hanajo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hanajo/)
 * (@hanajo)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-errors-2/#post-147502)
 * how do i delete the database?
    i have ws ftp.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-errors-2/#post-147509)
 * Use phpmyadmin to drop the wp_ tables or your Hosting Provider’s control panel
   to delete the database and create a new one.
 *  [Teja](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teja/)
 * (@teja)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-errors-2/#post-147561)
 * Yea like Macmanx said, use your hosting provider’s control panel (cpanel as an
   example) and delete the mysql db you created.
 *  Thread Starter [hanajo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hanajo/)
 * (@hanajo)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-errors-2/#post-147651)
 * i don’t think my hosting provider has given me access to a control panel, but
   i’ll ask about it. i hope that solves things =/
 * when i delete the database, can i rename it the original name?
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-errors-2/#post-147652)
 * “when i delete the database, can i rename it the original name?”
 * That all depends on your hosting provider.
 *  Thread Starter [hanajo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hanajo/)
 * (@hanajo)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-errors-2/#post-147656)
 * ooh it worked! thanks everyone =)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 7 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [hanajo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hanajo/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-errors-2/#post-147656)
 * Status: not resolved

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