help pls

[mastertek2000]

OK so i have been tying VB3.7 on a test site so today i tried to update my site and it made a mirror image of my test site got rid of all my members did a back up but y can i not update

[SEOvB]

make sure you config.php file is correct

[mastertek2000]

make sure you config.php file is correct

yes every thing is correct if not it would not install

[Lynne]

What is happening exactly? How far into the upgrade process are you getting?

[mastertek2000]

What is happening exactly? How far into the upgrade process are you getting?

complete install but it makes a mirror image of my test site

[Lynne]

Did you check your site settings in vboptions > Site Name/URL and make sure it is pointing to your real site, not your test site? And the config.php file is different on your real site vs your test site (the database name, etc)?

[mastertek2000]

Did you check your site settings in vboptions > Site Name/URL and make sure it is pointing to your real site, not your test site? And the config.php file is different on your real site vs your test site (the database name, etc)?

yes it does show everything on my jeep site all the forums and post and members are gone

[Lynne]

If all that stuff is gone, then it sounds like you are pointing to your test site database instead of to your real database. And upgrade cannot just erase all your data. But, if you simply copied the config.php file from your test site to your real site, it will have the wrong database name in it. It will have the test site database name. You need to change that to your real site database name and then do the upgrade.

[mastertek2000]

If all that stuff is gone, then it sounds like you are pointing to your test site database instead of to your real database. And upgrade cannot just erase all your data. But, if you simply copied the config.php file from your test site to your real site, it will have the wrong database name in it. It will have the test site database name. You need to change that to your real site database name and then do the upgrade.

just check it 3 times config.php file everything is correct thi is a strange one i have done with no problem but this time:(

[Dismounted]

Wait, so what exactly is the issue?

[mastertek2000]

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Wait, so what exactly is the issue?

i run a test site it is not active just for testing i have tried all 3.7 bates on it everything works fine so the 3.7 candidate came out so i downloaded it removed the instal.phpl file set all parameter on the config.php file upload all files in the upload folder to my forum folder and ran the install/update.php everything goes fine when it is done it is a mirror image of my test site all my members are gone and post

[Dismounted]

Have you got a backup so you can try again?

[mastertek2000]

Have you got a backup so you can try again?

yes i have backed up and get my site back but every time i try to update the same thing happens i have never seen this i have gone over everything 5 times everything looks correct i will try some new i will let you know how it goes now if i do a clean install is there a way to reinstall all the post and members

[Dismounted]

Yes, you can use ImpEx. But ImpEx doesn't work with 3.7, yet.

[mastertek2000]

this is my site before i do the update

[mastertek2000]

and this is after the upgrade i did remove the test site in cpanel i just don't know

[Dismounted]

Did you happen to run the install script by mistake? As only the install script creates the default "Main Forum".

[mastertek2000]

Did you happen to run the install script by mistake? As only the install script creates the default "Main Forum".

no and if that where the case y would it have the test site ? but you do see what i mean? i will try a clean install just to see what happens

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a clean install worked fine dam

[Dismounted]

Are you sure you have set up the user settings to MySQL properly in config.php? Have you checked the table prefixes? Have you check the other MySQL-related settings?

[mastertek2000]

Are you sure you have set up the user settings to MySQL properly in config.php? Have you checked the table prefixes? Have you check the other MySQL-related settings?

yes i have checked over and over all my I are dotted and all my T are crossed

[Dismounted]

Did you overwrite the old config.php with a new one when upgrading?