# Please help pi hole database failed

**URL:** <https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/please-help-pi-hole-database-failed/37942>\
**Category:** Community Help\
**Created:** [September 3, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/please-help-pi-hole-database-failed/37942 "2020-09-03T02:07:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Electrik](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/electrik/32/19911_2.png) [@Electrik](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Electrik)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/please-help-pi-hole-database-failed/37942/1 "2020-09-03T02:07:17Z")

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I have just updated my pi to pi hole 5 and something has failed as i cannot see any info so for example if i go to the blocking page and insert a test site it blocks it but does not show me the ability to remove it.

I've modded the pi hole and added a few pages of my own to control lights 😉

debug token is: [https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/ph1yct7clg](https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/ph1yct7clg)

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**Author:** ![jfb](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/jfb/32/4332_2.png) [@jfb](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jfb)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/please-help-pi-hole-database-failed/37942/2 "2020-09-03T02:13:40Z")

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Did it work before you changed your local AdminLTE code?

Have you cleared the browser cache and reloaded the web admin page?

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**Author:** ![Electrik](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/electrik/32/19911_2.png) [@Electrik](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Electrik)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/please-help-pi-hole-database-failed/37942/3 "2020-09-03T02:17:45Z")

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yes its worked for a long time and only stopped with new 5.12 update.  
I also have this new error appear on pi.hole/admin/dns\_records.php page "DataTables warning: table id=customDNSTable - Invalid JSON response. For more information about this error, please see [http://datatables.net/tn/1](http://datatables.net/tn/1)"

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**Author:** ![jfb](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/jfb/32/4332_2.png) [@jfb](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jfb)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/please-help-pi-hole-database-failed/37942/4 "2020-09-03T02:19:41Z")

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Please post a screen snap of what you see on your admin GUI screen. In this forum, you can paste the image directly from your clipboard or local file into your reply.

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**Author:** ![Electrik](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/electrik/32/19911_2.png) [@Electrik](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Electrik)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/please-help-pi-hole-database-failed/37942/5 "2020-09-03T02:25:31Z")

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![Screenshot from 2020-09-03 03-24-27](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/uploads/default/original/3X/2/5/256e4918e2ad0b5fbd182db14ec1b2435f199f01.png) ![Screenshot from 2020-09-03 03-24-33](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/uploads/default/original/3X/3/5/35cc2f553cb95bc3adfcffb0e5369c105913d692.png) ![Screenshot from 2020-09-03 03-26-24](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/uploads/default/original/3X/3/f/3fe37e0203c7035b766eaba7a7e8b44a5d2e99ca.png)

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**Author:** ![jfb](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/jfb/32/4332_2.png) [@jfb](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jfb)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/please-help-pi-hole-database-failed/37942/6 "2020-09-03T02:30:33Z")

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Let's rule out your local code changes. Please backup your local changes, then run `pihole -r` and select "repair" to put back the local code.

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**Author:** ![Electrik](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/electrik/32/19911_2.png) [@Electrik](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Electrik)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/please-help-pi-hole-database-failed/37942/7 "2020-09-03T02:35:39Z")

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Ok I've just done a repair that went through with a hitch but still same error and still no way to view block list

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**Author:** ![jfb](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/jfb/32/4332_2.png) [@jfb](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jfb)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/please-help-pi-hole-database-failed/37942/8 "2020-09-03T03:16:32Z")

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Please generate a new debug log and post the token.

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**Author:** ![yubiuser](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/yubiuser/32/12100_2.png) [@yubiuser](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/yubiuser)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/please-help-pi-hole-database-failed/37942/9 "2020-09-03T04:06:09Z")

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Clear your browser's cache.

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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/uploads/default/original/3X/7/c/7c8792f649eeb921c5d2b4c41564ffa873d9a2b8.png) [@system](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/please-help-pi-hole-database-failed/37942/10 "2020-09-24T04:06:14Z")

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