Since I had nothing of meaning, I uninstalled my old version and installed the latest and greatest fresh. then went ot the control panel and selected the first option: Structure > Area Manager and boom (see below). Blows up on site config option too. I stopped after that and disabled it...
Code:
Database error in vBulletin 4.2.3:
Invalid SQL:
SELECT `gi`.*,`l`.*,`ch`.*,`c`.*,`i`.*,`r`.*,`page`.*,`area`.`parentid` AS `parentid`, IF(`sub`.`userid`, 1, 0) AS `issubscribed`,`mk`.`readtime`,`gi`.`userid` AS `group_userid`,`l`.`userid` AS `translate_userid`,`ch`.`userid` AS `chapter_userid`,`r`.`dateline` AS `edit_dateline`,`r`.`flags` + 0 AS `flags`,`r`.`parentid` AS `edit_parentid`,`page`.`pageid`,*,`pageid` FROM `vw_` LEFT JOIN `vw_page` `page` ON (`page`.`pageid` = `pageid`)
LEFT JOIN `vw_route` `i` ON (`page`.`pageid` = `i`.`itemid` AND `i`.`itemtypeid` = )
LEFT JOIN `vw_counter` `c` ON (`c`.`routeid` = `i`.`routeid`)
LEFT JOIN `vw_revision` `r` ON (`r`.`revisionid` = `page`.`revisionid`)
LEFT JOIN `vw_chapter` `ch` ON (`page`.`pageid` = `ch`.`pageid`)
LEFT JOIN `vw_langitem` `l` ON (`page`.`pageid` = `l`.`pageid`)
LEFT JOIN `vw_groupitem` `gi` ON (`page`.`pageid` = `gi`.`pageid`)
LEFT JOIN `vw_markread` `mk` ON (`mk`.`itemtypeid` = AND `mk`.`itemid` = `page`.`pageid` AND `mk`.`userid` = 3)
LEFT JOIN `vw_subscribe` `sub` ON (`sub`.`nodetypeid` = AND `sub`.`nodeid` = `page`.`pageid` AND `sub`.`userid` = 3) WHERE 0 < `page`.`areaid` ORDER BY `area`.`displayorder` ASC, `area`.`areaid` ASC;
MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '*,`pageid` FROM `vw_` LEFT JOIN `vw_page` `page` ON (`page`.`pageid` = `pageid`' at line 1
Error Number : 1064
Request Date : Wednesday, December 30th 2015 @ 12:25:16 AM
Error Date : Wednesday, December 30th 2015 @ 12:25:17 AM
Script : [url]http://www.hostboard.com/forums/management/wiki_cp.php?panel=area[/url]
Referrer : [url]http://www.hostboard.com/forums/management/wiki_cp.php[/url]
IP Address : 71.234.48.177
Username : Steven
Classname : vB_Database_MySQLi
MySQL Version : 5.5.22-0ubuntu1