Hello. I have a similar problem.

But I'm a some hours to resolve it !(I hope .... :-) )

My solution is some manual an hard process (at this moment): 0. Backup all. (Wiki instalation and database). 1. Export de wiki pages with the script dumpBackup.php. This script does not came with 1.4.5, but I modify the 1.8 version and, to me, works fine. 2. Export image and user information tables to csv using mysql. 3. Install a clean wiki 1.9.1 (only with admin user...). 4. Recover de Image directory from de backup in the new wiki image directory. 5. I write a script for generate extra image info in a file. 6. Generate a sql script for the image table using the file genrated in step 5 with exported in step 2 . This process needs sort, join and awk linux commands. (Sorry, I know this things better than php, but I'm learning... :-) ). 7. Generate a sql script for the user table using the file exported in step 2. 8. Execute the sql scripts from steps 6 and 7. 9. Import the pages with SpecialImportPages or maintenance/importBackup.php (or something like this...)

The wiki must be on line !!!!

This is my theory. I tested with a few pages and work..... and in a few minutes i'll try to import all the wiki. The scripts are with "pins"... so it can be crash...

I don't know if correct to send the scripts to this list, but if you want them, mail me.

Good Bye. Fernando Carpani.

Daniel von Garrel wrote:

Hello.

I want to update a mediawiki from version 1.4.5 to 1.9. The upgrade script "upgrade1_5.php" to convert the database to utf fails with message:

Warning: fopen(maintenance/archives/patch-interwiki-trans.sql): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/mediawiki/includes/Database.php on line 1959 Could not open "maintenance/archives/patch-interwiki-trans.sql".

I've tried also to update to version 1.5.8. Here the "deutsche Umlaute" are shown as question marks.

Thanks

Daniel von Garrel

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