Hi Everyone,
I am hoping to get some help from members who have already done this:
import Community Server to vBulletin
aside from the basic instructions/help that i have gotten from VB staff, i think i need more help than they might be willing to extend. ( Staff, you are very helpful, dont get me wrong, and i appreciate the replies to my ticket)
i am a newbie when it comes to this, and i dont have any experience with Windows hosting, databases, etc.
but here is what i have in hand and need your help step-by-step:
- i have my VB site running on a Hostgator Linux server
- i have my Community Server running on a 1and1.com Windows server.
- i have a backup copy of the Community Server database in .bak format (1.4 GB size) produced via the database back system on 1and1.com
- i have successfully uploaded the needed Impex files and a link shows up in my VB admin control panel for Impex.
- i have configured the impexconfig.php as best as i know (can provide code if needed)
- i was told for the import to happen, the source (CS) needs to be on the same server as the vB database, i.e: 'localhost'. so i have uploaded the whole 1.4 gig of the .bak to my linux host under domain.com/forums folder.
- i have tried renaming the .bak file as .mdf (the format that is on windows server) and .mdb but nothing has worked. dont laugh, cause i dont know if its the right way of going about handling the database back up file.
... so when i click on the import in admin CP, im getting error:
what am i doing wrong?
what should i do?
what file format should the source database be?
can you help?
thanks
emdee
I am hoping to get some help from members who have already done this:
import Community Server to vBulletin
aside from the basic instructions/help that i have gotten from VB staff, i think i need more help than they might be willing to extend. ( Staff, you are very helpful, dont get me wrong, and i appreciate the replies to my ticket)
i am a newbie when it comes to this, and i dont have any experience with Windows hosting, databases, etc.
but here is what i have in hand and need your help step-by-step:
- i have my VB site running on a Hostgator Linux server
- i have my Community Server running on a 1and1.com Windows server.
- i have a backup copy of the Community Server database in .bak format (1.4 GB size) produced via the database back system on 1and1.com
- i have successfully uploaded the needed Impex files and a link shows up in my VB admin control panel for Impex.
- i have configured the impexconfig.php as best as i know (can provide code if needed)
- i was told for the import to happen, the source (CS) needs to be on the same server as the vB database, i.e: 'localhost'. so i have uploaded the whole 1.4 gig of the .bak to my linux host under domain.com/forums folder.
- i have tried renaming the .bak file as .mdf (the format that is on windows server) and .mdb but nothing has worked. dont laugh, cause i dont know if its the right way of going about handling the database back up file.
... so when i click on the import in admin CP, im getting error:
PHP Code:
Warning: mssql_connect() [function.mssql-connect]: Unable to connect to server: localhost in [path]/impex/db_mysql.php on line 57
Warning: mssql_select_db(): supplied argument is not a valid MS SQL-Link resource in [path]/impex/db_mysql.php on line 193
what should i do?
what file format should the source database be?
can you help?
thanks
emdee

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