Confluence server upgrade from 7.8.1 to 7.13 failed to upgrade
Asked by Stefan Nanescu:

Hello

After Confluence upgrade from 7.8.1 to 7.13 it does not start and shows this error in web page:

Confluence had problems starting up

This page is for Confluence administrators. If you're seeing this page, your Confluence administrator is probably working to restore the service.

Description Time Level Exception  
Upgrade failed. Please consult the system logs for details. You will need to fix these problems, restore your database and confluence home directory to the pre upgrade state. Then retry the upgrade. Upgrade error message: Upgrade task com.atlassian.confluence.upgrade.upgradetask.DenormalisedSpacePermissionsUpgradeTask@73aa9965 failed during the SCHEMA_UPGRADE phase due to: StatementCallback; bad SQL grammar \[DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS denormalised_space_permission_trigger\]; nested exception is com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'IF'.  
2021-09-06 17:58:49 error  
If you're unable to fix the problems and need to contact support, we can respond faster if you provide the logs of your instance.

I am using SQL Express 2014.

I restored back to 7.8,1

Please assist.

Thank you!


Answers:
author: Daniel Ebers
body: Hi [@Stefan Nanescu](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/443197)

seeing your initial post I believe the database you are using is unsupported - SQL Express 2014.

Compatible databases as of "Supported Platforms" (<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/supported-platforms-207488198.html>) are:

SQL Server 2016  
SQL Server 2017  
Azure SQL

Please double check if you can switch/migrate to a supported database. The error you are seeing could be indeed caused by using an unsupported database.

Regards,  
Daniel


author: Kishan Sharma
body: Hi [@Stefan Nanescu](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/443197)

Since these are Database schema related errors, it is best to get support from Atlassian for troubleshooting. Please [raise a ticket](https://support.atlassian.com/contact/) with Atlassian support.

comments: author: Stefan Nanescu
body: Hello,

This is the way I sent a ticket in <https://support.atlassian.com/contact/#/> having my product SEN.

I did not find any different path to report the issue, except that *Ask a question now* link ( [https://community.atlassian.com/t5/forums/postpage/choose-node/true/interaction-style/qanda?add-tags=confluence\&from-gsac=true](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/forums/postpage/choose-node/true/interaction-style/qanda?add-tags=confluence&from-gsac=true) ).

Please send more info about how to report it.

Thanks!


author: Kishan Sharma
body: Hi Stefen, yes the first link you mentioned is correct - where you can use "Technical issues and bugs" in "What can we help you with" dropdown and just fill in the rest of the details like your product, SEN , issue details and submit it.


author: Stefan Nanescu
body: Hi

I did it, but do not know how to continue after select the SEN.

There is nothing to allow me to send something, no option, after the field: What is your Confluence Support Entitlement Number (SEN) ...


author: Kishan Sharma
body: I have faced such issues in the past with older chrome version. Can you try some other browser and see if you are able to raise support ticket there.


author: Stefan Nanescu
body: Hi,

I am using Firefox.

Tried also on Chrome and looks the same.

No place to add my issue.

Can you add my above issue in a ticket?

Thank you!


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