On a shared host, on Plesk they could install installatron which
could take care of it automatically (and yes it would cost them
money) or on cPanel you could do the same with Fantastico.
At 07:34 AM 3/30/2009, you wrote:
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(a)kayakwiki.org>wrote;wrote:
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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