I just erased everything and used drupal 7.8 with the same steps and no error messages.
Clearification on step 2, wile I was uploading the drupal files to the server I was creating the db (multitasking).
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-----Original Message----- From: support-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of Carl Wiedemann Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 6:34 AM To: support@drupal.org Subject: Re: [support] am I doing thingts wrong!
Bugs like these are very specific and you may receive better feedback via the issue queues on drupal.org rather than the support list. Check the core issue queue or the filefield sources issue queue.
I didn't quite get Step 2, but make sure if it is a fresh install you are starting out with a completely blank db (no data or tables). Assuming that you have read all the README documentation and followed the instructions for installing both, nothing you have described is "wrong."
As a side note: this could also be usability related. The sentiment "I'm doing it wrong" is dangerous because users who express this are perhaps doing everything that seems intuitive to them, but there's a usability or design problem that exists and subsequently leads to the error. This user's perspective is really valuable for those of us developing Drupal core and modules; it provides a use case not yet considered that we can fix.
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