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One of the changes IPS made in IP.Board 2.2.x was hiding the various MySQL errors, as they could spit out potentially sensitive information. Instead of getting a printout on your screen of the exact MySQL error, you'll just get a big error page like this:
To find the actual MySQL error in order to fix the underlying problem, follow these steps. First, launch your FTP program and connect to your forum. In your forum's directory structure, look for a directory called cache. Inside of it will be a couple of other directories, lang_cache and skin_cache, as well as a few files. What we're looking for are files that have a .cgi extension to them, they will be named something like sql_error_log_12_30_06.cgi. That file contains the info we need.
Download the file to your computer through your FTP program and open it up in Notepad. Inside of this file you'll see the MySQL errors that your forum has thrown that have caused the 'IPS Driver Error' message. The messages are displayed here from oldest (at the top) to newest (at the bottom), so scroll to the bottom of the file and that's the problem that is responsible for causing the last error on your site.
So if you are able to solve these types of errors yourself, then go for it. Otherwise, if you need someone else to assist you, this is going to be the error message they need to see in order to assist you. In that case, please open a new topic and post the error message in there.
To find the actual MySQL error in order to fix the underlying problem, follow these steps. First, launch your FTP program and connect to your forum. In your forum's directory structure, look for a directory called cache. Inside of it will be a couple of other directories, lang_cache and skin_cache, as well as a few files. What we're looking for are files that have a .cgi extension to them, they will be named something like sql_error_log_12_30_06.cgi. That file contains the info we need.
Download the file to your computer through your FTP program and open it up in Notepad. Inside of this file you'll see the MySQL errors that your forum has thrown that have caused the 'IPS Driver Error' message. The messages are displayed here from oldest (at the top) to newest (at the bottom), so scroll to the bottom of the file and that's the problem that is responsible for causing the last error on your site.
So if you are able to solve these types of errors yourself, then go for it. Otherwise, if you need someone else to assist you, this is going to be the error message they need to see in order to assist you. In that case, please open a new topic and post the error message in there.
