I'm looking at the backend to my blog at the section that says "Five Most Recent Entries" is completely blank. I click "edit entries" and that too is blank. I have almost a years worth of posts --330 in total -- and I cannot access any of them

there's probably a problem with your database. if you're running mysql, try the repair command in phpmyadmin.

I have no idea hwere to begin with that.

At this time, I can see the entries on my website, but I cannot access them to edit in the back end. I would like to add another entry, but I am worried if that pressing publish will rebuild the site and erase all of the entries.

I tried adding a new entry. Although the entires are now accessible through "Five Most Recent Entries" and "Edit Entires" I could not publish the new entry:


Building entry 'Still More Technical Problems' failed: Build error in template 'Individual Entry Archive': Error in <MTEntryIfAllowPings> tag:


MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a39c) Use of uninitialized value in sprintf at lib/MT/Util.pm line 457.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a39c) Use of uninitialized value in sprintf at lib/MT/Util.pm line 457.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a39c) Use of uninitialized value in sprintf at lib/MT/Util.pm line 457.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a39c) Argument "" isn't numeric in addition (+) at lib/MT/Util.pm line 38.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a39c) Argument "" isn't numeric in addition (+) at lib/MT/Util.pm line 45.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a39c) Argument "" isn't numeric in numeric gt (>) at lib/MT/Util.pm line 78.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a39c) Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at lib/MT/Builder.pm line 121.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a39c) Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at lib/MT/Builder.pm line 121.

The problem is now publishing entries. Any attempt to publish new entires has this error:


Building entry 'Still More Technical Problems' failed: Build error in template 'Individual Entry Archive': Error in <MTEntryIfAllowPings> tag:




MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) Use of uninitialized value in addition (+) at lib/MT/Serialize.pm line 57.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) substr outside of string at lib/MT/Serialize.pm line 58.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) Use of uninitialized value in unpack at lib/MT/Serialize.pm line 58.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) Use of uninitialized value in substr at lib/MT/Serialize.pm line 59.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) substr outside of string at lib/MT/Serialize.pm line 59.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) Use of uninitialized value in addition (+) at lib/MT/Serialize.pm line 60.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) Use of uninitialized value in addition (+) at lib/MT/Serialize.pm line 57.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) substr outside of string at lib/MT/Serialize.pm line 58.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) Use of uninitialized value in unpack at lib/MT/Serialize.pm line 58.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) Use of uninitialized value in substr at lib/MT/Serialize.pm line 59.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) substr outside of string at lib/MT/Serialize.pm line 59.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) Use of uninitialized value in addition (+) at lib/MT/Serialize.pm line 60.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) Use of uninitialized value in sprintf at lib/MT/Util.pm line 457.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) Use of uninitialized value in sprintf at lib/MT/Util.pm line 457.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) Use of uninitialized value in sprintf at lib/MT/Util.pm line 457.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) Use of uninitialized value in addition (+) at lib/MT/Serialize.pm line 57.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) substr outside of string at lib/MT/Serialize.pm line 58.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) Use of uninitialized value in unpack at lib/MT/Serialize.pm line 58.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) Use of uninitialized value in substr at lib/MT/Serialize.pm line 59.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) substr outside of string at lib/MT/Serialize.pm line 59.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) Use of uninitialized value in addition (+) at lib/MT/Serialize.pm line 60.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) Use of uninitialized value in addition (+) at lib/MT/Serialize.pm line 57.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) substr outside of string at lib/MT/Serialize.pm line 58.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) Use of uninitialized value in unpack at lib/MT/Serialize.pm line 58.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) Use of uninitialized value in substr at lib/MT/Serialize.pm line 59.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) substr outside of string at lib/MT/Serialize.pm line 59.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) Use of uninitialized value in addition (+) at lib/MT/Serialize.pm line 60.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) Use of uninitialized value in sprintf at lib/MT/Util.pm line 457.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) Use of uninitialized value in sprintf at lib/MT/Util.pm line 457.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at lib/MT/Builder.pm line 121.
MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x834a124) Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at lib/MT/Builder.pm line 121.

Hmmm. Do any of the entries appear to have missing or invalid dates?

I'm merging your topics - no need to start a new one for a related problem.

Errors in Serialize.pm are a sign of database corruption - I'm guessing you're using the Berkeley database and not MySQL?

Do you have any recent exports of your entries?

i'm not using mySQL -- I'm not sure of the format. The webhost is Hosting Matters, and I had Moveable Type install it for me over the summer.

The three errors I've experienced ---

Posts were missing and inaccessible except via the edit comments feature.

Parts of my posts ere deleting. I would click on a post that had published to find that 2/3 of it was erased.

Posts aren't publishing. This is the current problem. I cannot publish new posts or edit old ones. Instead I receive the error script listed above.

Again - your database appears to be corrupted. Do you have any exports of entries, copies of templates, etc.? You are more than likely looking at a new installation, which means losing the data in your current database.

What do you mean by "export"? I have saved a copy of my tempalte. Is it at all possible to save these posts if it is installed again? I have about 5 blogs total and 500 posts

MT has an export function. When you go into your blog in MT, you'll see an "import/export" button along the lefthand side. You can use this to export your entries. The import/export page explains:

That's assuming it will still work with a corrupted database.

Which is why I was hoping you had one already.

It does. I have exported all of my files. How will I import them?

I have donated $45 to MT for personal assistance, can this be used to reinstall the service?

You import them using the MT import functionality on the import/export page. Reinstall MT then import your export file. If the information on the import/export page is not enough to help you understand, you can also try the import section of the manual.