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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

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

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

this is my site before i do the update

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

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

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