[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by squidsk

Wait why are using impex to upgrade an old version of vb to a new one instead of just running the built in upgrade scripts.

Great question!

Originally Posted by justasiam

Dave, that solved the problem, thank you.

Squidsk, I was trying to a fresh new forum, then decided that I still needed some of the posts from the old one and decided that importing is the better solution.

Back when vB4 first came out and many didn't read the upgrade documentation... they bombed their sites, literally... it was a fiasco back then! Long story short the reason why squid ask that is because all of us know you should only use impex to import posts from one vBulletin to another as a last resort. What you should have done and anyone reading this in the future should do is to simply upgrade the site instead of importing. Once done upgrading simply delete what you don't need and then you're set. Using impex in such a way as you've done will yield results yes, however there's a number of factors involved that could potentially cause issues immediately or later down the road.

Upgrading then deleting what you don't need is a much better alternative.