Answers.Body: <p>If you turn on debugging (<strong>Administer menu > System Settings > Debugging and Error Handling</strong>) you should get a more verbose error from cron, which should in turn allow you to troubleshoot - or at least update your question with more info!</p>
  
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Answers.Text: It's possible your CiviCRM logfile (`CiviCRM.something.log` in `wp-content/plugins/files/`) already has a record of the SQL error happening in cron.
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Answers.Body: <p>I had the same problem. I tried to change the password of an email account, and the problem is solved. In the old password I had a question mark.</p>
  
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Body: <p>The cron job "Activity processor (Hourly)" has started failing for no apparent reason with the message "Failure, Error message: Process Activities failed" in the job log, although the message coming from cron is "Failed Processing: . Reason: DB Error: syntax error". Neither message is much help.</p>
  
  <p>We are running CiviCRM 4.5.8 under WordPress 4.2.2. </p>
  
  <p>Has anyone experienced this? Where do I start to find and fix the problem?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks,
  Jim</p>
  
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Title: The cron job "Activity processor (Hourly)" fails
ThreadText: # The cron job "Activity processor (Hourly)" fails
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-05-07)
  
  The cron job "Activity processor (Hourly)" has started failing for no apparent reason with the message "Failure, Error message: Process Activities failed" in the job log, although the message coming from cron is "Failed Processing: . Reason: DB Error: syntax error". Neither message is much help.
  
  We are running CiviCRM 4.5.8 under WordPress 4.2.2.
  
  Has anyone experienced this? Where do I start to find and fix the problem?
  
  Thanks,
  Jim
  
  **Tags:** civievent, cron-job
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-05-07. Score: 1
  
  If you turn on debugging (**Administer menu > System Settings > Debugging and Error Handling**) you should get a more verbose error from cron, which should in turn allow you to troubleshoot - or at least update your question with more info!
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: It's possible your CiviCRM logfile (`CiviCRM.something.log` in `wp-content/plugins/files/`) already has a record of the SQL error happening in cron.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2015-06-01. Score: 0
  
  I had the same problem. I tried to change the password of an email account, and the problem is solved. In the old password I had a question mark.
  
  
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