Hi Mike, sorry if I appear to be blaming MW. Actually I am not. I did acknowledge that everyone has no problems... it's only me that is unable to do it.
What I am just saying is that I have not been able to upgrade successfully and I cannot run the update script in my shared hosting. But what you said about changing the name of my database may be the cause of the problem. It is hard to understand the ramifications unless one is an expert. I did screw up my database once by trying to follow the instructions in Mediawiki.org after I transferred from another webhost. Fortunately, maiahost, my new webhost, helped me out by reinstalling it for me as I could not get the backup restored because of poor internet connection.
PM Poon
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 5:49 AM, Michael Daly michael.daly@kayakwiki.orgwrote:
Ekompute .info wrote:
I wonder whether it is because I changed the name of my database as I didn't want to
corrupt
the original one.
I've upgraded my wiki many times and never had a problem. I also follow the instructions and don't try to do things that are not in the upgrade instructions.
You do things that are not in the instructions - like renaming the database or things that are incorrect, like not running the update script after a restore from a previous version etc.
If you want to make changes to the wiki, do that either entirely before or entirely after the upgrade, not _during_ the upgrade.
If you are afraid of corrupting the database - make a backup.
If you are going to make changes, make sure you understand the ramifications of the actions you take. If you change things (like the name of the database), you have to make the corresponding changes to the configuration (i.e. LocalSettings.php).
Don't blame MW for things you do on your own.
Mike
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