restoring old database for the current wiki - MediaWiki-l

20 May 2015

Dear experts,

I am trying to restore this database into currecnt MediaWiki, which cca 4 years old, 
http://dirac.umb.sk/doc/old_mediawiki/chem-wiki-dbs.sql .

Though the simple database check seems fine:
  [root@dirac old_mediawiki]# mysqlcheck -u root -p  chem-wiki-dbs.sql
  Enter password:
   chem-wiki-dbs.sql.interwiki                        OK

MediaWiki is giving error, however:

[root@dirac mediawiki119]# php maintenance/update.php --conf LocalSettings.php
MediaWiki 1.19.24 Updater

Going to run database updates for chem-wiki-dbs.sql
Depending on the size of your database this may take a while!
Abort with control-c in the next five seconds (skip this countdown with --quick) ... 0
...ipblocks table does not exist, skipping new field patch.
...ipblocks table does not exist, skipping new field patch.
...already have interwiki table
Missing rc_timestamp field of recentchanges table. Should not happen.
Backtrace:
#0 [internal function]: MysqlUpdater->doIndexUpdate()
#1 /usr/share/mediawiki119/includes/installer/DatabaseUpdater.php(281):
call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
#2 /usr/share/mediawiki119/includes/installer/DatabaseUpdater.php(244):
DatabaseUpdater->runUpdates(Array, false)
#3 /usr/share/mediawiki119/maintenance/update.php(121):
DatabaseUpdater->doUpdates(Array)
#4 /usr/share/mediawiki119/maintenance/doMaintenance.php(105):
UpdateMediaWiki->execute()
#5 /usr/share/mediawiki119/maintenance/update.php(151):
require_once('/usr/share/medi...')
#6 {main}

see
http://dirac.umb.sk/doc/old_mediawiki/mediawiki119/

and also  on
[root@dirac mediawiki-1.24.2]# php maintenance/update.php --quick
MediaWiki 1.24.2 Updater

Going to run database updates for chem-wiki-dbs.sql
Depending on the size of your database this may take a while!
Turning off Content Handler DB fields for this part of upgrade.
...ipblocks table does not exist, skipping new field patch.
...ipblocks table does not exist, skipping new field patch.
...already have interwiki table
[e79bd3e1] [no req]   Exception from line 353 of
/var/www/html/sphinx/old_mediawiki/old_releases/mediawiki-1.24.2/includes/installer/MysqlUpdater.php:
Missing rc_timestamp field of recentchanges table. Should not happen.
Backtrace:
#0 [internal function]: MysqlUpdater->doIndexUpdate()
#1
/var/www/html/sphinx/old_mediawiki/old_releases/mediawiki-1.24.2/includes/installer/DatabaseUpdater.php(442):
call_user_func_array(array, array)
#2
/var/www/html/sphinx/old_mediawiki/old_releases/mediawiki-1.24.2/includes/installer/DatabaseUpdater.php(403):
DatabaseUpdater->runUpdates(array, boolean)
#3
/var/www/html/sphinx/old_mediawiki/old_releases/mediawiki-1.24.2/maintenance/update.php(163):
DatabaseUpdater->doUpdates(array)
#4
/var/www/html/sphinx/old_mediawiki/old_releases/mediawiki-1.24.2/maintenance/doMaintenance.php(101):
UpdateMediaWiki->execute()
#5
/var/www/html/sphinx/old_mediawiki/old_releases/mediawiki-1.24.2/maintenance/update.php(206):
require_once(string)
#6 {main}

see http://dirac.umb.sk/doc/old_mediawiki/old_releases/mediawiki-1.24.2/

Any help, please ?

Miro