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NorCal · #1 11-22-2008, 09:00 PM

I have a new forum vBulletin 3.7.4 PL1. I've done a few test posts with a few other testers. About 10 accounts. All of these test posts and test accounts except the Admin account can be deleted. The forum is on a test server. I am going to migrate a live phpBB3 forum using the Impex importer.

I want to do a test run. So do the full import into the test server/forum. Then test it out with everything imported - on the test forum. The live phpbb3 forum will be operating during the testing (but I will shut it down temporarily during the import) so I will need to do a second import for the final migration. So after testing if everything looks/operates OK I want to empty the test forum and start from scratch to do the second and final import from phpBB3. When that is done I will move the vBulletin forum to the live site. I'm actually changing servers at the same time so it is essentially just a DNS change to make the test site live.

Now after all that preamble this may sound like a simple question but here goes: What is the best way to empty the imported data from the first import to get ready for the second import?

Dismounted · #2 11-23-2008, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by NorCal

What is the best way to empty the imported data from the first import to get ready for the second import?

Run the vBulletin installation script again - that will clear all data and start you from scratch, which it what you seem to want.

NorCal · #3 11-23-2008, 03:25 AM

thanks. I wasn't sure.

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