[Mediawiki-l] blocking drug spam

Chad innocentkiller at gmail.com
Tue Dec 8 15:11:26 UTC 2009


On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Platonides <Platonides at gmail.com> wrote:
> Helmut Hullen wrote:
>>> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmAccount
>>
>> I'd like to use this extension, but I have a small problem ...
>>
>> Under "Setup" I find
>>
>>   Run "ConfirmAccount.sql"
>>
>> But how have I to run this script?
>> I know the name of the db, I know the username and the passwd of the
>> (most privileged) db administrator, the db uses "mysql". I'm no SQL
>> specialist, I fear to damage the db with my tries.
>>
>> Which command have I to type (yes - pure CLI) to run the script?
>>
>> Viele Gruesse!
>> Helmut
>
> mysql $DATABASE -u $DBUSER -p < ConfirmAccount.sql
>
>
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Of course renaming the tables too if you're using a prefix for your
table names in Mediawiki.

-Chad



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