Umbraco Upgrade hangs at 35% “Upgrading Database Tables”

This is an issue that seems to apply to the install wizard for Umbraco 4.6 and 4.7, when upgrading from older versions.
At the database step you get to 35% with the status “upgrading database tables” – and nothing else happens.

This is caused by a bug in the install code – the format of the code makes it hard to spot – but below reformatted section from \umbraco\presentation\install\utills\p.aspx.cs shows the problem – the first block is incorrect and should be removed:

Howver, at the point where you see the “35% Updatings database tables…” the code has already checked that’s it’s able to connect to and upgrade your database. The Install() call (above) is a quick set of SQL statements – only takes a couple of seconds to run – and the RefreshContent() is async (will run separately in another thread), so if you have been looking at the “35 upgrading tables” for a little while it’s pretty safe to assume that this has completed without errors, and hitting F5 will then force a recheck of your database which should send you on to the next step.

I’ve also covered this issue in the Umbraco forums here: http://our.umbraco.org/forum/getting-started/installing-umbraco/17531-Upgrade-to-461-Updating-database-tables-Problem

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