Magento - Registration error - 1054 Unknown column 'ca.sort_order' in 'order clause'

Question

I\'m receiving this error when I attempt to create a new account on my Magento store.

SQLSTATE[42S22]: Column not found: 1054 Unknown column \'ca.sort_order\' in         


        

Answer 1

The problem was that I had a seriously defective database. I suspect the problem might have arisen either when uploading sample data from a purchased Magento template or when I was migrating my website from one server to a new one.

I fixed it by running Magento's database repair tool which can be found at the following link: http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/1_-_installation_and_configuration/db-repair-tool

The errors that popped up were a lot of Added missing foreign key(s) and two Added missing fields. For a full report on the errors that popped up, go to the following Stack Overflow question:

Magento - Database repair tool - Added missing foreign keys problems