[Mediawiki-l] incomplete import

[Jim Hu]

On Jul 26, 2007, at 9:57 AM, Emanuele D'Arrigo wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I'm trying to import a file of approx 1 Megabyte (1014 KB to be  
> precise)
> but the import stops around 20% of the way and returns a blank page.
> I've been able to exclude a few things:
>
> 1) this isn't a problem with the import: it works with other  
> (smaller) files.
> 2) it isn't a problem with PHP limits: they are set to 2 MB
> 3) it isn't a problem with the hidden input field, also set to 2MB
> 4) it isn't a problem with the content of the file: the import  
> stops at
> around 20% of the way, but not on the same page every time.

Are you sure about this?  90% of my import problems  are from invalid  
XML in the dump, usually unescaped html entities or bad characters in  
the page titles.

>
> Am I missing something?
> Could it be a webserver timeout?
> Could it be a MySQL timeout?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Manu
>
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Jim Hu
Associate Professor
Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics
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Texas A&M Univ.
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