Schema Update could not Complete

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Symptoms

While upgrading Confluence, the process stops with an error message stating execute could not complete schema update

The following appears in the atlassian-confluence.log:

2014-08-08 14:34:09,409 ERROR [localhost-startStop-1] [hibernate.tool.hbm2ddl.SchemaUpdate] execute Unsuccessful: alter table BODYCONTENT add constraint FKA898D4778DD41734 foreign key (CONTENTID) references CONTENT 2014-08-08 14:34:09,419 ERROR [localhost-startStop-1] [hibernate.tool.hbm2ddl.SchemaUpdate] execute ORA-02298: cannot validate (CONFLUENCE35.FKA898D4778DD41734) - parent keys not found 2014-08-08 14:34:09,423 ERROR [localhost-startStop-1] [hibernate.tool.hbm2ddl.SchemaUpdate] execute could not complete schema update

Cause

The upgrade process failed while trying to process corrupted orphaned pages.

Resolution

  • To verify this is the issue, we can use the following SQL query:

    SELECT bodycontentid FROM bodycontent WHERE contentid NOT IN (SELECT contentid FROM content);
  • If there are any results they can be removed using:

    DELETE FROM bodycontent WHERE bodycontentid IN (SELECT bodycontentid FROM bodycontent WHERE contentid NOT IN (SELECT contentid FROM content));

    As this involves directly modifying the database, ensure you backup the database before making any changes.

Updated on September 25, 2025

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