PostgreSQL cross-database references are not implemented

[Charles Farinella]

Trying to upgrade from JIRA 6.2 > JIRA 7.1.  Upgrade completes, when I attempt to access the url I see this, any help appreciated.

An error occurred performing JIRA upgrade The data before the upgrade has been exported to /var/atlassian/application-data/jira/export/jira_autoexport_20160229_150535.zip

2016-02-29 15:05:48

error

Exception thrown during upgrade: ERROR: cross-database references are not implemented: "public.audit_item.idx_audit_item_log_id" org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: ERROR: cross-database references are not implemented: "public.audit_item.idx_audit_item_log_id" at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.receiveErrorResponse(QueryExecutorImpl.java:2101) at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.processResults(QueryExecutorImpl.java:1834) at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.execute(QueryExecutorImpl.java:255) at org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.execute(AbstractJdbc2Statement.java:510) at org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.executeWithFlags(AbstractJdbc2Statement.java:372) at org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.execute(AbstractJdbc2Statement.java:364) at org.apache.commons.dbcp2.DelegatingStatement.execute(DelegatingStatement.java:291) at org.apache.commons.dbcp2.DelegatingStatement.execute(DelegatingStatement.java:291) at com.atlassian.jira.upgrade.tasks.DropIndexTask.dropIndex(DropIndexTask.java:24) at com.atlassian.jira.upgrade.tasks.UpgradeTask_Build6256.doUpgrade(UpgradeTask_Build6256.java:56) at com.atlassian.jira.upgrade.UpgradeManagerImpl.doUpgradeTaskSuccess(UpgradeManagerImpl.java:718) at com.atlassian.jira.upgrade.UpgradeManagerImpl.runUpgradeTasks(UpgradeManagerImpl.java:609) at com.atlassian.jira.upgrade.UpgradeManagerImpl.doUpgrade(UpgradeManagerImpl.java:493) at com.atlassian.jira.upgrade.UpgradeManagerImpl.doUpgradeIfNeeded(UpgradeManagerImpl.java:435) at com.atlassian.jira.upgrade.UpgradeManagerImpl.doUpgradeIfNeededAndAllowed(UpgradeManagerImpl.java:379) at com.atlassian.jira.upgrade.UpgradeLauncher.checkIfUpgradeNeeded(UpgradeLauncher.java:90) at com.atlassian.jira.upgrade.UpgradeLauncher.start(UpgradeLauncher.java:47) at com.atlassian.jira.startup.ActiveServicesLauncher.start(ActiveServicesLauncher.java:49) at com.atlassian.jira.startup.DefaultJiraLauncher.lambda$postTenantArrived$807(DefaultJiraLauncher.java:180) at com.atlassian.jira.startup.DefaultJiraLauncher$$Lambda$265/1202200478.run(Unknown Source) at com.atlassian.jira.startup.DefaultInstantUpgradeManager$StatupTask.run(DefaultInstantUpgradeManager.java:113) at com.atlassian.jira.startup.DefaultInstantUpgradeManager.runTask(DefaultInstantUpgradeManager.java:46) at com.atlassian.jira.startup.DefaultInstantUpgradeManager.doNowOrWhenInstanceBecomesActive(DefaultInstantUpgradeManager.java:35) at com.atlassian.jira.startup.DefaultJiraLauncher.postTenantArrived(DefaultJiraLauncher.java:173) at com.atlassian.jira.startup.DefaultJiraLauncher.lambda$postDBActivated$806(DefaultJiraLauncher.java:161) at com.atlassian.jira.startup.DefaultJiraLauncher$$Lambda$264/367669836.run(Unknown Source) at com.atlassian.jira.tenancy.DefaultTenantManager.doNowOrWhenTenantArrives(DefaultTenantManager.java:55) at com.atlassian.jira.startup.DefaultJiraLauncher.postDBActivated(DefaultJiraLauncher.java:158) at com.atlassian.jira.startup.DefaultJiraLauncher.lambda$postDbLaunch$805(DefaultJiraLauncher.java:147) at com.atlassian.jira.startup.DefaultJiraLauncher$$Lambda$34/1497456543.run(Unknown Source) at com.atlassian.jira.config.database.DatabaseConfigurationManagerImpl.doNowOrEnqueue(DatabaseConfigurationManagerImpl.java:298) at com.atlassian.jira.config.database.DatabaseConfigurationManagerImpl.doNowOrWhenDatabaseActivated(DatabaseConfigurationManagerImpl.java:194) at com.atlassian.jira.startup.DefaultJiraLauncher.postDbLaunch(DefaultJiraLauncher.java:137) at com.atlassian.jira.startup.DefaultJiraLauncher.lambda$start$803(DefaultJiraLauncher.java:103) at com.atlassian.jira.startup.DefaultJiraLauncher$$Lambda$5/1376125129.run(Unknown Source) at com.atlassian.jira.util.devspeed.JiraDevSpeedTimer.run(JiraDevSpeedTimer.java:31) at com.atlassian.jira.startup.DefaultJiraLauncher.start(DefaultJiraLauncher.java:101) at com.atlassian.jira.startup.LauncherContextListener.initSlowStuff(LauncherContextListener.java:115) at com.atlassian.jira.startup.LauncherContextListener$$Lambda$3/1748884284.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

[crf]

This sounds like a bug in entity-engine's syntax for dropping the index.  It is specifying the name in the format SCHEMA.TABLE.INDEX and postgres is interpreting it as DATABASE.SCHEMA.INDEX instead.  That is, it thinks the "public" is meant to be the name of a database when it is really a schema within the current database.

It isn't something that I've seen it do before, and postgres is the most heavily tested of the databases we support, so this really surprises me.  It may have something to do with exactly how your database is configured in dbconfig.xml.

You could work around it by dropping the index yourself, which means when the upgrade task runs again it will not find the old index that it is trying to drop.  I would, however, be a little bit worried that whatever is unusual about your database setup could cause other problems at some point.

[Charles Farinella]

Don't know what to think about the database, this server has been running JIRA for over 5 years and has gone through several upgrades without problem.  Currently running 6.2, I think I'll try to upgrade it to 6.4 and then try the 7 upgrade again and see what happens.  The PostgreSQL version is 8.4, don't know if upgrading that would be helpful.

Thanks for your response, I'll try the above and if that doesn't work we'll have to open a support ticket.