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Nextcloud version (eg, 12.0.2): 16.0.0
Operating system and version (eg, Ubuntu 17.04): Unbuntu 18.04
Apache or nginx version (eg, Apache 2.4.25): Apache/2.4.29
PHP version (eg, 7.1): 7.1
The issue you are facing: Unable to share with user or group
Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Y/N): Y
Steps to replicate it:
- Click on share icon
- Start typing user or group name.
- Then I receive error at top of screen:
An error occurred ("Invalid query, please check the syntax. API specifications are here: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/open-collaboration-services. "). Please try again
The output of your Nextcloud log in Admin > Logging:
[no app in context] Error: Doctrine\DBAL\Exception\DriverException: An exception occurred while executing 'SELECT `uid`, `displayname` FROM `oc_users` `u` LEFT JOIN `oc_preferences` `p` ON (`userid` = `uid`) AND (`appid` = 'settings') AND (`configkey` = 'email') WHERE (`uid` COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci LIKE ?) OR (`displayname` COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci LIKE ?) OR (`configvalue` COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci LIKE ?) ORDER BY `uid_lower` ASC LIMIT 200 OFFSET 0' with params ["%LL%", "%LL%", "%LL%"]:
SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1253 COLLATION 'utf8mb4_general_ci' is not valid for CHARACTER SET 'utf8' at <<closure>>
0. /var/www/nextcloud/3rdparty/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/DBALException.php line 184
Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\AbstractMySQLDriver->convertException("An exception oc ... '", Doctrine\DBAL\Dr ... ]})
1. /var/www/nextcloud/3rdparty/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/DBALException.php line 158
Doctrine\DBAL\DBALException::wrapException(Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDOMySql\Driver {}, Doctrine\DBAL\Dr ... ]}, "An exception oc ... '")
2. /var/www/nextcloud/3rdparty/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Connection.php line 938
Doctrine\DBAL\DBALException::driverExceptionDuringQuery(Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDOMySql\Driver {}, Doctrine\DBAL\Dr ... ]}, "SELECT `uid`, ` ... 0", {1: "%LL%",2: "%LL%",3: "%LL%"})
3. /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/DB/Connection.php line 195
Doctrine\DBAL\Connection->executeQuery("SELECT `uid`, ` ... 0", {1: "%LL%",2: "%LL%",3: "%LL%"}, {1: 2,2: 2,3: 2}, null)
4. /var/www/nextcloud/3rdparty/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Query/QueryBuilder.php line 219
OC\DB\Connection->executeQuery("SELECT `uid`, ` ... 0", {1: "%LL%",2: "%LL%",3: "%LL%"}, {1: 2,2: 2,3: 2})
5. /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/DB/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilder.php line 214
Doctrine\DBAL\Query\QueryBuilder->execute()
6. /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/User/Database.php line 280
OC\DB\QueryBuilder\QueryBuilder->execute()
7. /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/User/Manager.php line 257
OC\User\Database->getDisplayNames("LL", 200, 0)
8. /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/Collaboration/Collaborators/UserPlugin.php line 79
OC\User\Manager->searchDisplayName("LL", 200, 0)
9. /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/Collaboration/Collaborators/Search.php line 65
OC\Collaboration\Collaborators\UserPlugin->search("LL", 200, 0, OC\Collaboration ... {})
10. /var/www/nextcloud/apps/files_sharing/lib/Controller/ShareesAPIController.php line 209
OC\Collaboration\Collaborators\Search->search("LL", [0,1,4], false, 200, 0)
11. /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/AppFramework/Http/Dispatcher.php line 166
OCA\Files_Sharing\Controller\ShareesAPIController->search("LL", "folder", 1, 200, null, false)
12. /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/AppFramework/Http/Dispatcher.php line 99
OC\AppFramework\Http\Dispatcher->executeController(OCA\Files_Sharin ... {}, "search")
13. /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/AppFramework/App.php line 126
OC\AppFramework\Http\Dispatcher->dispatch(OCA\Files_Sharin ... {}, "search")
14. /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/AppFramework/Routing/RouteActionHandler.php line 47
OC\AppFramework\App::main("OCA\\Files_Shar ... r", "search", OC\AppFramework\ ... {}, {_route: "ocs.fi ... "})
15. <<closure>>
OC\AppFramework\Routing\RouteActionHandler->__invoke({_route: "ocs.fi ... "})
16. /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/Route/Router.php line 297
undefinedundefinedcall_user_func(OC\AppFramework\ ... {}, {_route: "ocs.fi ... "})
17. /var/www/nextcloud/ocs/v1.php line 82
OC\Route\Router->match("/ocsapp/apps/fi ... s")
GET /ocs/v1.php/apps/files_sharing/api/v1/sharees?format=json&search=LL&lookup=false&perPage=200&itemType=folder
from 70.91.164.52 by cloudadmin at 2019-05-23T20:21:37+00:00
The output of your config.php file in /path/to/nextcloud (make sure you remove any identifiable information!):
<?php
$CONFIG = array (
'instanceid' => 'oc9ll4esd2a9',
'passwordsalt' => 'Bn+j3UieIVnVEpJ/TcuPVAb3mGXLnn',
'secret' => 'Ty3SV0OOFatpvKZZunYBf6bjVNzPcVCRcHSKuDi1lKqXgFQu',
'trusted_domains' =>
array (
0 => '127.0.0.1',
1 => 'xxx.xxx.xxx',
2 => 'cloud.xxx.com',
),
'datadirectory' => '/var/www/nextcloud/data',
'dbtype' => 'mysql',
'version' => '16.0.0.9',
'overwrite.cli.url' => 'http://127.0.0.1/nextcloud',
'dbname' => 'nextcloud',
'dbhost' => 'localhost',
'dbport' => '',
'dbtableprefix' => 'oc_',
'dbuser' => 'nextclouduser',
'dbpassword' => 'password',
'installed' => true,
'mail_smtpmode' => 'smtp',
'mail_smtphost' => 'mail.XXX.com',
'mail_smtpport' => '587',
'mail_domain' => 'XXX.com',
'mail_from_address' => 'cloud',
'maintenance' => false,
'mysql.utf8mb4' => true,
'theme' => '',
'loglevel' => 2,
'memcache.local' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\APCu',
'memcache.locking' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis',
'redis' =>
array (
'host' => 'localhost',
'port' => 6379,
),
'updater.release.channel' => 'stable',
'mail_smtpauth' => 1,
'mail_smtpname' => 'cloud@lli.com',
'mail_smtppassword' => 'bat5EWr?cha4',
'mail_smtpauthtype' => 'LOGIN',
'mail_smtpsecure' => 'tls',
);
The output of your Apache/nginx/system log in /var/log/____:
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