DB Error: Unknown column 'a.primary_contact' in 'where clause'

Hello Team ,

I am facing above error while i am clicking on submission after logging , below are the logs .

DB Error: Unknown column ‘a.primary_contact’ in ‘where clause’

Stack Trace:

File: /home/thejournalshouse/public_html/lib/pkp/classes/submission/PKPAuthorDAO.inc.php line 302
Function: DAO->retrieve(“SELECT a.*, ug.show_title, s.locale FROM authors a JOIN u…”, 672)

File: /home/thejournalshouse/public_html/lib/pkp/classes/submission/Submission.inc.php line 347
Function: PKPAuthorDAO->getPrimaryContact(“672”)

File: /home/thejournalshouse/public_html/lib/pkp/controllers/informationCenter/linkAction/SubmissionInfoCenterLinkAction.inc.php line 33
Function: Submission->getPrimaryAuthor()

File: /home/thejournalshouse/public_html/lib/pkp/pages/workflow/PKPWorkflowHandler.inc.php line 428
Function: SubmissionInfoCenterLinkAction->__construct(Object(Request), “672”)

File: /home/thejournalshouse/public_html/lib/pkp/pages/workflow/PKPWorkflowHandler.inc.php line 64
Function: PKPWorkflowHandler->setupTemplate(Object(Request))

File: /home/thejournalshouse/public_html/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPRouter.inc.php line 387
Function: PKPWorkflowHandler->initialize(Object(Request), Array(2))

File: /home/thejournalshouse/public_html/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPPageRouter.inc.php line 231
Function: PKPRouter->_authorizeInitializeAndCallRequest(Array(2), Object(Request), Array(2), False)

File: /home/thejournalshouse/public_html/lib/pkp/classes/core/Dispatcher.inc.php line 134
Function: PKPPageRouter->route(Object(Request))

File: /home/thejournalshouse/public_html/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPApplication.inc.php line 252
Function: Dispatcher->dispatch(Object(Request))

File: /home/thejournalshouse/public_html/index.php line 68
Function: PKPApplication->execute()

I have tried to upgrade but forgot to take the backup and now i dont know how to move .please help
https://thejournalshouse.com/index.php/AltEnergy-Ecology-EnvironmentJ/workflow/index/672/1

Hello Team ,

Please help

Welcome to the forum, Sunit!

I am not part of the PKP team, but I wanted to point out that support topics usually contain the following info:
Current version OJS: (e. g. “3.1.2.1”)
PHP version: (e. g. “7.3.19-1”)
Apache version: (e. g. “Apache/2.4.38”)
I did not find the forum thread where this is recommended, but I remember having seen it somewhere.

Best,
Gabriele