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Had 3.1.5 on the site, clicked on the upgrade available, and the installer gave an error. I've attached a text version of the JInstaller error report copied from the Firefox window.

UPDATE- I also tried downloading the component from AkeebaBackup.com and then installing it via the Joomla installer from admin, and still get that error.

IN the admin if I select AkeebaBackup from the component menu I see:
404 - An error has occurred.
Component Not Found

I then tried to install AkeebaBackup, it still showed as 3.1.5 in the Extension Manager, and got this error when trying to uninstall it so I could start over new.

* Component Uninstall: SQL error or missing or unreadable SQL file. DB function reports no errors
* It was not possible to delete the selected file.: 'js'
* It was not possible to delete the selected file.: 'theme'
* It was not possible to delete the selected file.: 'icons'
* It was not possible to delete the selected file.: 'plugins'
* It was not possible to delete the selected file.: 'en-GB.com_akeeba.ini'
* It was not possible to delete the selected file.: 'en-GB.com_akeeba.ini'
* It was not possible to delete the selected file.: 'en-GB.com_akeeba.menu.ini'

I will stop now and wait to hear back from you, really need to get this backup system working again for the customers that need it will call me and I'll have to have them wait, not good.

I upgraded a different site, that was only one version back just fine. From 3.2.b3 to 3.2.b4 on the same servers, (shared hosting)

here's the file I attached to the first post, sorry
* JInstaller::install: SQL Error. DB function failed with error number 1074
Too big column length for column 'remote_filename' (max = 255). Use BLOB instead SQL=CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `jos_ak_stats` ( `id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, `description` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `comment` longtext, `backupstart` timestamp NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00', `backupend` timestamp NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00', `status` enum('run','fail','complete') NOT NULL default 'run', `origin` VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'backend', `type` VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'full', `profile_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '1', `archivename` longtext, `absolute_path` longtext, `multipart` INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, `tag` VARCHAR(255) NULL, `filesexist` TINYINT(3) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1', `remote_filename` varchar(1000) DEFAULT NULL, `total_size` bigint(20) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', INDEX `idx_fullstatus`(`filesexist`, `status`), INDEX `idx_stale`(`status`, `origin`), PRIMARY KEY (`id`) );
SQL =

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `jos_ak_stats` (
`id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
`description` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
`comment` longtext,
`backupstart` timestamp NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
`backupend` timestamp NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
`status` enum('run','fail','complete') NOT NULL default 'run',
`origin` VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'backend',
`type` VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'full',
`profile_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '1',
`archivename` longtext,
`absolute_path` longtext,
`multipart` INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
`tag` VARCHAR(255) NULL,
`filesexist` TINYINT(3) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',
`remote_filename` varchar(1000) DEFAULT NULL,
`total_size` bigint(20) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
INDEX `idx_fullstatus`(`filesexist`, `status`),
INDEX `idx_stale`(`status`, `origin`),
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
);

* Component Install: SQL error or missing or unreadable SQL file. DB function failed with error number 1074
Too big column length for column 'remote_filename' (max = 255). Use BLOB instead SQL=CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `jos_ak_stats` ( `id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, `description` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `comment` longtext, `backupstart` timestamp NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00', `backupend` timestamp NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00', `status` enum('run','fail','complete') NOT NULL default 'run', `origin` VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'backend', `type` VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'full', `profile_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '1', `archivename` longtext, `absolute_path` longtext, `multipart` INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, `tag` VARCHAR(255) NULL, `filesexist` TINYINT(3) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1', `remote_filename` varchar(1000) DEFAULT NULL, `total_size` bigint(20) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', INDEX `idx_fullstatus`(`filesexist`, `status`), INDEX `idx_stale`(`status`, `origin`), PRIMARY KEY (`id`) );
SQL =

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `jos_ak_stats` (
`id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
`description` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
`comment` longtext,
`backupstart` timestamp NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
`backupend` timestamp NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
`status` enum('run','fail','complete') NOT NULL default 'run',
`origin` VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'backend',
`type` VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'full',
`profile_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '1',
`archivename` longtext,
`absolute_path` longtext,
`multipart` INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
`tag` VARCHAR(255) NULL,
`filesexist` TINYINT(3) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',
`remote_filename` varchar(1000) DEFAULT NULL,
`total_size` bigint(20) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
INDEX `idx_fullstatus`(`filesexist`, `status`),
INDEX `idx_stale`(`status`, `origin`),
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
);

Is that what you needed?

You are correct that install somehow got put onto MySQL 4 !! I'm building a new one, with Joomla 1.6 on that host this AM, surprised me indeed!