On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 10:34 AM, Andrew Geary <ageary(a)seg.org> wrote:
Thank you for the suggestion. Since we have already
updated to MW1.26, I did not see that extension as a good solution. Since we would have to
revert back to 1.25, install the extension, and then upgrade again. Is this the only
solution available currently to revive page counts? Is there a way to find this
information in the database itself?
The data is in the page_counter field in the page table. In the
extension it's in a separate table. It looks like you could set up a
wiki with your 1.25 backup, add the extension, run the update script,
and then copy the generated hit_counter_extension table over to your
already upgraded wiki. (You could also do this without even setting up
a wiki with your backup if you run the SQL commands from the extension
yourself.)