Ariba,
Thank you for the response... apologies for the "Freudian Slip" on my part:
It appears that I do have the "media_attr" column within the _spmedia table.
Attempts to update produce the above error that results in Error Sql Duplicate Column, however I have checked the table and there isn't a duplicate column.
I have an installation that updated fine, and the column is the positioned 9th from left
In the production installation the colume is last or 14th from left (that is odd).
Thanks in advance,
Eran