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Ekompute .info

29 Jul 2009 29 Jul '09

2:42 a.m.

Hi, I have asked this question before and the answer seems like I can't. The alternative provided then was to reinstall Mediawiki. I tried doing that on GoDaddy but apparently, I faced the time-out. Is there any other method? Actually, it runs find on 1.14.0 but I thought I might as well upgrade it to 1.15.1. If everything fails, I will revert to 1.14.0 until such time when I am ready to go for VDS. -- PM Poon * http://dummipedia.org The 5-Minute Concise Encyclopedia * http://dummipedia.com The Dummipedia Amazon Online Store * http://aseanpedia.jbdirectory.com The Unofficial ASEAN Tourism Encyclopedia * http://webmasterteachyourself.com The Companion Guide for Newbie Webmasters and Bloggers

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Jan Luca

29 Jul 29 Jul

2:57 a.m.

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Hello, how has you run the script? Has you run it under 1.14.0 or 1.15.1? MfG Jan -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von Ekompute .info Gesendet: Dienstag, 28. Juli 2009 19:43 An: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Betreff: [Mediawiki-l] Can maintenance/update.php be run on shared hosting? Hi, I have asked this question before and the answer seems like I can't. The alternative provided then was to reinstall Mediawiki. I tried doing that on GoDaddy but apparently, I faced the time-out. Is there any other method? Actually, it runs find on 1.14.0 but I thought I might as well upgrade it to 1.15.1. If everything fails, I will revert to 1.14.0 until such time when I am ready to go for VDS. -- PM Poon * http://dummipedia.org The 5-Minute Concise Encyclopedia * http://dummipedia.com The Dummipedia Amazon Online Store * http://aseanpedia.jbdirectory.com The Unofficial ASEAN Tourism Encyclopedia * http://webmasterteachyourself.com The Companion Guide for Newbie Webmasters and Bloggers _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

Ekompute .info

3:06 a.m.

New subject: [Mediawiki-l] Can maintenance/update.php be run on shared hosting?

Hi Jan, I have never run the maintenance/update.php script before. I always reinstall. I just shifted to GoDaddy and I think I hit a time out when I tried to reinstall my websites using Mediawiki 1.15.1. But when I just link the new Mediawiki to the database for 1.14.0, it seems to work fine until I tried to edit. Then I get this error: A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was: (SQL query hidden) from within function "IndexPager::reallyDoQuery (LogPager)". MySQL returned error "1146: Table 'malaysiandumm.tag_summary' doesn't exist (malaysiandumm.db.4707958.hostedresource.com)". PM Poon On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 1:57 AM, Jan Luca <jan(a)jans-seite.de> wrote:

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Jan Luca

5:42 a.m.

New subject: [Mediawiki-l] Can maintenance/update.php be run on shared hosting?

Hello, here a step-to-step-manual for updating: 1.Copy the code of new version (1.15.1) to the server 2.Copy the "old" LocalSettings.php to the new code 3.Rename AdminSettings.sample to AdminSettings.php (in the new version) 4.Open AdminSettings.php 5.Set $wgDBadminuser and $wgDBadminpassword (often same as the normal DB user and password) 6.Go into a shell (e.g. SSH or PHPShell(see Google)) 7.Run "php <wiki dir>/maintenance/update.php" MfG Jan -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von Ekompute .info Gesendet: Dienstag, 28. Juli 2009 20:06 An: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Betreff: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Can maintenance/update.php be run on shared hosting? Hi Jan, I have never run the maintenance/update.php script before. I always reinstall. I just shifted to GoDaddy and I think I hit a time out when I tried to reinstall my websites using Mediawiki 1.15.1. But when I just link the new Mediawiki to the database for 1.14.0, it seems to work fine until I tried to edit. Then I get this error: A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was: (SQL query hidden) from within function "IndexPager::reallyDoQuery (LogPager)". MySQL returned error "1146: Table 'malaysiandumm.tag_summary' doesn't exist (malaysiandumm.db.4707958.hostedresource.com)". PM Poon On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 1:57 AM, Jan Luca <jan(a)jans-seite.de> wrote:

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Hi, I have asked this question before and the answer seems like I can't.

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alternative provided then was to reinstall Mediawiki. I tried doing that

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GoDaddy but apparently, I faced the time-out. Is there any other method? Actually, it runs find on 1.14.0 but I thought I might as well upgrade it

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1.15.1. If everything fails, I will revert to 1.14.0 until such time when

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am ready to go for VDS. -- PM Poon * http://dummipedia.org The 5-Minute Concise Encyclopedia * http://dummipedia.com The Dummipedia Amazon Online Store * http://aseanpedia.jbdirectory.com The Unofficial ASEAN Tourism Encyclopedia * http://webmasterteachyourself.com The Companion Guide for Newbie Webmasters and Bloggers _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

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Ekompute .info

8:34 a.m.

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Hi Jan, thank you very much for your kind assistance. I must try to learn this up as it is bugging me with every upgrade. For now, I reverted to Mediawiki 1.14.0 and it is working fine. Just want to make sure things are okay after this rather massive transfer... not that all the websites are big but even the newly-started ones with only a few pages require the same amount of work each, LOL. Will take a rest for a few days before I try to work on the upgrade. Thank you once again, Jan. PM Poon On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 4:42 AM, Jan Luca<jan(a)jans-seite.de> wrote:

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hosting?

Hi, I have asked this question before and the answer seems like I can't.

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alternative provided then was to reinstall Mediawiki. I tried doing that

GoDaddy but apparently, I faced the time-out. Is there any other method? Actually, it runs find on 1.14.0 but I thought I might as well upgrade it

1.15.1. If everything fails, I will revert to 1.14.0 until such time when

Katharina Wolkwitz

4:11 p.m.

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Hi Poon, I've always used the reinstall-technique when upgrading my wiki, but I've never user the <wiki dir>/maintenance/update.php but rather the alternative described in http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading#Alternative_2:_Re-run_the_in… I've copied the critical text-passage from the webpage: Alternative 2: Re-run the installer An alternative to running the update script from the shell is to re-run the web installer. To do this, follow these steps: 1. Rename LocalSettings.php to LocalSettings.old.php 2. Make the config directory writable by the web server 3. Make sure the database user has full rights to the database 4. Browse to the wiki and start the installer Fill in the form fields with the same values as was done during the previous version's installation. When the installation process starts, the script will detect existing MediaWiki tables, and upgrade their schema. When this is complete, a new LocalSettings.php will be generated. 5. Delete the new configuration file (LocalSettings.php) 6. Rename LocalSettings.old.php back to LocalSettings.php 7. Restore permissions on the config directory It's always worked well for me. :-) Note that you should compare your version of LocalSettings.php with the new version that came with the upgrade in order to adopt those changes and innovations you want/need to use with the new version. You should do that between step 4. and 5. ;-) Greetings Katharina

Platonides

9:58 a.m.

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Ekompute .info wrote:

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Installing over an existing db should upgrade you just as maintenance/update.php You can place a set_time_limit(0); (or some big value) at the top to change the timeout.

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