On Mar 23, 2004, at 4:13 PM, Brion Vibber wrote:
Well, it's sure as hell not *supposed* to do that! If it detects an existing set of MediaWiki tables in the database, it's supposed to update them to current spec, not overwrite them.
Can you detail the exact steps necessary to reproduce this? Obviously I'd like to fix it...
As far as I know, I did everything exactly according to instructions. I uploaded the files (I did a new upload rather than upgrade the existing directory), left the .sample files in place, and navigated to the base MediaWiki directory. I filled in the data, using the info for the existing database user name/password, left the root password field empty, and then just let 'er rip. Are there any further details that would be more useful?
PHP version
4.3.4
MySQL version
Just upgraded to 4.0.16.
Did you give the same database, db username, and db password as previously?
Yes, I did.
Do you have root access on the database?
No, not on that username/password. I have another account that has dba access through phpMyAdmin, but that's it -- I'm hosted on a shared server.
Does the database have a blank local root password?
I'm not sure. I left the root password field blank at the bottom of that field. I'll check with the host, and get back to you on that.
Dan