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Zain Jaffer · #1 08-16-2005, 04:03 PM

I got a website that wasn't started by me... So there are things i don't like how it was made or things are kinda messed up...

So when i want to move the site to 3.5 I prefer to rebuild the site from scratch...
But then how can i move over the info (users posts etc) the easiest over without the fields that got added to tables by hacks...
So i get a clean database again.

I read some about impex merging forums but i think i keep the old mess then?

Zero Tolerance · #2 08-16-2005, 04:10 PM

Impex isn't available for vB 3.5 and won't be until it goes gold. However once it does i would assume if you insalled a fresh vB 3.5 forum on another database, you could use Impex to transfer data from the vb 3.0.x to the vB 3.5 forum

- Zero Tolerance

Zain Jaffer · #3 08-16-2005, 04:41 PM

ok, thanks, i never used impex before but does that only copy the info to insert in the tables? or does it also create the missing tables and fields?

b/c some hacks that were installed might not be in my new database. So its kinda useless to copy that.

Marco van Herwaarden · #4 08-16-2005, 08:45 PM

ImpEx only copies standard vBulletin data. You should first use ImpEx to create a new 3.0.x forum, then upgrade to 3.5

Zain Jaffer · #5 08-17-2005, 09:16 PM

ok so if i use ImpEx it changes nothing to the old database right? So if i mess up i can still use that one

Marco van Herwaarden · #6 08-17-2005, 09:20 PM

Correct, although it is advised to create a backup database for this.

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