Answers.Body: <p>Are you upgrading directly from 4.3.1 to 4.6.9? </p>
  
  <p>If not, it might be worth trying a more incremental upgrade (e.g. 4.3.1 to 4.3.7, then 4.3.7 to 4.3.8 in case there's a sticking point there, then 4.3.8 to 4.3.11, 4.3.11 to 4.4, and so on - it's tedious, but may stop the upgrade from stalling, or give you an error message you can follow up.</p>
  
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Body: <p>It reports (on DB upgrade screen): "[Executed: Finish Upgrade DB to 4.3.8]"</p>
  
  <p>We let it run for over over an hour; stayed stuck. </p>
  
  <p>A previous attempt got stuck at v.4.4.3. </p>
  
  <p>(This upgrade is being attempted first on a DEV install, too.)</p>
  
  <p>We've read <strong><em>many</em></strong> forum posts about this issue, here and on CiviCRM.org forums. </p>
  
  <p>There is urgency about this problem (why, of course there is!). We can't/won't attempt the update on the LIVE site until we have confidence—unless someone can authoritatively link this problem to a migrated install, etc.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance for help and advice!</p>
  
Tags: <joomla><upgrade><database>
Title: Upgrade from 4.3.1 to 4.6.9 (Joomla) = fails; DB upgrade freezes
ThreadText: # Upgrade from 4.3.1 to 4.6.9 (Joomla) = fails; DB upgrade freezes
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-11-04)
  
  It reports (on DB upgrade screen): "[Executed: Finish Upgrade DB to 4.3.8]"
  
  We let it run for over over an hour; stayed stuck.
  
  A previous attempt got stuck at v.4.4.3.
  
  (This upgrade is being attempted first on a DEV install, too.)
  
  We've read ***many*** forum posts about this issue, here and on CiviCRM.org forums.
  
  There is urgency about this problem (why, of course there is!). We can't/won't attempt the update on the LIVE site until we have confidence—unless someone can authoritatively link this problem to a migrated install, etc.
  
  Thanks in advance for help and advice!
  
  **Tags:** joomla, upgrade, database
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-11-16. Score: 1
  
  Are you upgrading directly from 4.3.1 to 4.6.9?
  
  If not, it might be worth trying a more incremental upgrade (e.g. 4.3.1 to 4.3.7, then 4.3.7 to 4.3.8 in case there's a sticking point there, then 4.3.8 to 4.3.11, 4.3.11 to 4.4, and so on - it's tedious, but may stop the upgrade from stalling, or give you an error message you can follow up.
  
  
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