[Mediawiki-l] [SPAM] Re: Upgrading Mediawiki

[Ekompute .info]

Hi Mike, sorry if I appear to be blaming MW. Actually I am not. I did
acknowledge that everyone has no problems... it's only me that is unable to
do it.

What I am just saying is that I have not been able to upgrade successfully
and I cannot run the update script in my shared hosting. But what you said
about changing the name of my database may be the cause of the problem. It
is hard to understand the ramifications unless one is an expert. I did screw
up my database once by trying to follow the instructions in Mediawiki.org
after I transferred from another webhost. Fortunately, maiahost, my new
webhost, helped me out by reinstalling it for me as I could not get the
backup restored because of poor internet connection.

PM Poon
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> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 5:49 AM, Michael Daly <michael.daly at kayakwiki.org>wrote:
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>> Ekompute .info wrote:
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>> > I wonder whether
>> > it is because I changed the name of my database as I didn't want to
>> corrupt
>> > the original one.
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>> I've upgraded my wiki many times and never had a problem.  I also follow
>> the instructions and don't try to do things that are not in the upgrade
>> instructions.
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>> You do things that are not in the instructions - like renaming the
>> database or things that are incorrect, like not running the update
>> script after a restore from a previous version etc.
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>> If you want to make changes to the wiki, do that either entirely before
>> or entirely after the upgrade, not _during_ the upgrade.
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>> If you are afraid of corrupting the database - make a backup.
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>> If you are going to make changes, make sure you understand the
>> ramifications of the actions you take.  If you change things (like the
>> name of the database), you have to make the corresponding changes to the
>> configuration (i.e. LocalSettings.php).
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>> Don't blame MW for things you do on your own.
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>> Mike
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