adding forums via mysql

[kjhkjh]

Thanks patrick and antivirus, I will check into both.

patrick if I add the forums directly to the 'forum' table, (I can change over all the aprent id's etc, so that the entries in the tabl are complete), I'm just wondering if Rebuild Forum Information in Maintenance->Update counters will do the whole serializing that is required to make these forums appear in the admin control panel and on the forum itself?

Thanks again, appreciated