Hello Nicolas,
thanks for your response.
doing it manually didn't cure it, all I got was: 1146
Table 'dbs5213379.v638a_hikamarket_vendor' doesn't exist.
Updating seems to have sorted it.
I am still a little confused though. Even though the cron has now been sucessful, there is no where I can see orders, invoices or details of what a customer has won, apart from the product listing itself in the auction section of Hikashop that shows the highest bidder, am I missing something?
I assumed it would work with Hikashop and create an order or invoice or something and yet I see nothing.
many thanks
Lee