Thread:Project:Support desk/ 1.16 1054: Unknown column 'user options' in 'field list' (localhost) (2)/reply (3)

You have several problems:

To get more information about the database error, add $wgShowSQLErrors=true; to LocalSettings.php and reproduce the error. (The column "user_options" is not there since MediaWiki 1.16 I think. So if you started this wiki with 1.17, you never had it in the DB. My guess is that you have an extension installed, which tries to use this column. Or with other words: This extension -at least the version you use- is not compatible with MW 1.17 and newer.)

For your upgrade: Uninstall the extension InputBox (or do an update, if a version for MediaWiki 1.20 is available). Then run the Update script again.