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richards112 · #1 07-28-2008, 12:51 PM

Well this might sound a bit weird, but i actually want to downgrade to 3.9. I use 3.7 so its not that far off.
I heard that there is a way where you could save all your posts, threads and members, i heard it somewhere on vb.com but cant quite remember which thread it was :P
So i was wondering, does anyone know how to do this?
And also, will i be able to successfully install an older version of vb if i import posts etc,
Any answers?

Marco van Herwaarden · #2 07-28-2008, 12:53 PM

You wil need to restore the backup made prior to upgrading.

richards112 · #3 07-28-2008, 02:03 PM

Ok right, so like this....

Backup the database with the vb 3.7 users, posts etc.
Then upload the 3.6.9 files and once installed, just restore the database?

Lynne · #4 07-28-2008, 02:12 PM

No, you can't use a database that was used with 3.7. You need to grab a database backup made when you were using 3.6 (which means you will lose any data made since you upgraded to 3.7).

Marco van Herwaarden · #5 07-28-2008, 03:25 PM

You would need to restore both database and files.

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