Someone asked: On the other hand, maybe you’re a PHP coder and you know how to fix: WordPress database error….

There are two database statements which need to be fixed for Wordpress 2.3 by joining against different tables. For the first one, I didn’t check the ordering columns or exclusions but it’s a start:


SELECT DISTINCT $wpdb->terms.term_id AS cat_ID, $wpdb->terms.name AS cat_name
FROM $wpdb->links
INNER JOIN $wpdb->term_relationships ON (object_id=link_id)
INNER JOIN $wpdb->term_taxonomy ON ($wpdb->term_taxonomy.term_taxonomy_id = $wpdb->term_relationships.term_taxonomy_id)
INNER JOIN $wpdb->terms ON ($wpdb->terms.term_id = $wpdb->term_taxonomy.term_id)
...


The second one:

SELECT DISTINCT link_url, link_name, link_description
FROM `$wpdb->links`
INNER JOIN $wpdb->term_relationships ON (object_id=link_id)
INNER JOIN $wpdb->term_taxonomy ON ($wpdb->term_taxonomy.term_taxonomy_id = $wpdb->term_relationships.term_taxonomy_id)
INNER JOIN $wpdb->terms ON ($wpdb->terms.term_id = $wpdb->term_taxonomy.term_id)
WHERE link_visible = 'Y'
ORDER BY `$wpdb->links`.link_$link_order $link_sort");


I hope that helps,
Paul

Thanks for the heads up on the IMP Links plugin. I also like it. I hope the author updates it or someone else creates a similar plugin.

Sorry but I’m not a PHP programmer. It could be a plugin trying to access the link2cat table which no longer exists in WP 2.3. Try deactivating your plugins one by one and see if the error still shows up.

SELECT DISTINCT cat_ID, cat_name
FROM `wp_link2cat`
LEFT JOIN `wp_categories` ON (`wp_link2cat`.category_id = `wp_categories`.cat_ID)
WHERE 1=1
ORDER BY cat_name ASC

Note, iMP Links (which you are using, I know) is majorly broken… and NO, the author won’t be fixing it anytime soon… because if you go to his site, he has more bigger issues to deal with… His site currently says, “Attention, I have lost my database.” It’s been like that for over a month now.

Start looking for a replacement links plugin. Too bad, I really liked that plugin. :(