# Problems converting indices to bigint

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/problems-converting-indices-to-bigint/43021>\
**Category:** ℹ️ Support\
**Tags:** database, nc15\
**Created:** [December 11, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/problems-converting-indices-to-bigint/43021 "2018-12-11T18:50:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Schmu](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/schmu/32/7823_2.png) [@Schmu](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/Schmu)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 10:30am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/problems-converting-indices-to-bigint/43021/7 "2018-12-13T10:30:39Z")

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Hi @nieroster

I don’t need a shared hoster myself, but read a user comment here, who solved the problem with OCC commands on shared hosts with cron, so I thought I mention it here and you know how to do it 😃  
After your question it took me a while to find that post again:

> [@How can I run run occ db:add-missing-indices on shared hosting](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-can-i-run-run-occ-db-add-missing-indices-on-shared-hosting/36761/2):
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> I found a work around for this, so if anyone else finds themselves in the same boat, this is one way to resolve it. I don’t have shell access, but through c-panel I can set cron jobs, so I just set a cron job to run the command, then deleted it once I hace receieved the email with the result of the completed command.

Not sure if you have c-panel with your hosting provider. If not, maybe this is helpful:

> [@Using occ on 1&1 IONOS Hosting (a shared server; guidance for Linux dummies slight\_smile )](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/using-occ-on-1-1-ionos-hosting-a-shared-server-guidance-for-linux-dummies/42259):
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> Field report on 1&1 Hosting: It is possible and easy to install and “normally run” Nextcloud on an 1&1 (now: “1&1 IONOS”) Hosting site. But in some maintenance cases, it might get necessary to use the command line tool occ. Up to now, I always failed to run occ, now knowing (thanks, diri!!!) due to a simple and silly mistake: On the ssh command line I typed in $ php occ … and received an fatal error, ignoring the fact that the php error message returned valuable informations like ‘php 4.4.…

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