Import of New Data Question

[CCWBumper]

I have an XMB v1.9 board up and running and recently installed a new VB 3.0.5 board (on another URL) and did a full import into VB for testing purposes. Everything came over fine (with a couple of small weird things) and I have ten of my most active members come over as beta testers to beat the system up. Other than a ton of little configuration changes that had to be made, all is now as close to perfect as I could possibly expect and I am a happy man.

Now, the question I have is can I dump out all of the members, threads and posts and import only these tables using Impex? I don't want to disturb any of the VB configuration settings, including individual forum settings which is what I spent so much time changing. What tables should I import/not import to keep from getting clobbered. I am, of course, going to backup before I do anything but I want to get the data load completed as quickly as possible. These guys go nuts when I have to take the forum down for any length of time.....

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Bumper

[Steve Machol]

Yes, the best way to do this is to remove all your users (except your main admin account) as well as the forums and posts. Then redo the import.

[CCWBumper]

Yes, the best way to do this is to remove all your users (except your main admin account) as well as the forums and posts. Then redo the import.

Sorry, I just want to absolutely sure that I don't mess something up. What tables should I import/not import to keep from getting clobbered, just the members, threads and posts?

I have now completed the v3.0.6 upgrade, BTW, and upgrades with vB are certainly painless

[Steve Machol]

Don't import any tables. Use the Impex import system.

[CCWBumper]

Don't import any tables. Use the Impex import system.

Okay, thanks, Steve

[CCWBumper]

Yes, the best way to do this is to remove all your users (except your main admin account) as well as the forums and posts. Then redo the import.

Well, I am having some weird results, can you be specific about the exact tables to dump (by name). Do you mean ONLY "user", "forum" "thread" and "post"?

Thanks,
Bumper

[Steve Machol]

I didn't say to dump any tables. You can either mass prune users, posts and thread, or reinstall vB and start over.

[CCWBumper]

I didn't say to dump any tables. You can either mass prune users, posts and thread, or reinstall vB and start over.

But if I reinstall I lose all of my settings, right?

[Steve Machol]

Yes. Your options are:

1. Mass prune your users, posts and threads

or

2. Reinstall vB.