[Mediawiki-l] Database problems on non-standard upgrade to 1.8.2

[Hans Voss]

Or, see Rob Churches comments on your original message. Which does the
same, by hand.

On 12/19/06, Hans Voss <hans.voss at gmail.com> wrote:
> Better to NOT DELETE the LocalSettings.php, but save it first. This
> file also contains your database settings (db, user, password) as well
> as any customizations you made.
>
> Keep it somewhere safe and compare it against the results from the
> setup/configuration.
>
> On 12/19/06, Gary Kirk <gary.kirk at gmail.com> wrote:
> > ah ha. so as long as i know the db user and password, and my includes
> > - the only modifications i've made - just delete LocalSettings.php?
> > then navigate to domain/wiki ? That would be much easier. Thanks! Oh,
> > then enter the same settings in the installer, and add my includes
> > later? Thanks!
> >
> > On 12/19/06, Hans Voss <hans.voss at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > You should really run the 'configuration/setup' of the wiki.
> > > You can trigger this by moving the 'LocalSettings.php' out of the way.
> > > This will trigger the setup. (Which will upgrade the database).
> > > It will also generate a new Localsettings.php file.
> > > Carefully merge both versions....
> > >
> > > On 12/19/06, Rob Church <robchur at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On 19/12/06, Gary Kirk <gary.kirk at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > It seems to be a database problem, which would make sense as I haven't
> > > > > been given the option to update the schema or anything. Don't know
> > > > > what to do. Help appreciated! Thanks
> > > >
> > > > I replied on the other thread.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Rob Church
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* General Open Sourcerer.