Import button

[annb]

I am attempting to import a phpbb into VBulletin. I believe I have followed all the instructions, but I do not see an import button on my VBulletin Admin Control Panel. Does anyone have any ideas of where I most likely screwed up so I can begin troubleshooting there, or should I just start over?

Thanks kindly,
Ann

[Steve Machol]

As per the instructions you need to upload all the Impex files, including '.../includes/xml/cpnav_impex.xml'.

[annb]

import

That was done.

[Steve Machol]

Then it will show. If it doesn't, then you have not uploaded the Impex files to the correct directories.

[annb]

import

Fixed it. Somehow I named the file Impex and it should have been impex. When I changed it, it worked.
Thanks.

On my first attempt I got the message that it could not fine phpBB3(then a file name) for each of the tables. I was not sure what this meant, but I guessed that it might be referring to my import tables (even though my import files were prefixed with phpbb_, but I had said phpBB. So I changed the config to state that the import files were phpbb_ instead of phpBB. Then I got the below message. So I changed the config file to the original callouts and still got the same message. That's when I figure I'm losing my sanity, because I know that is not possible.

I also placed the following line in the source file description because it was in your example, but not in the file I downloaded. I don't know if it caused the problem: $impexconfig['source']['databasetype'] = 'mysql'; // mysql OR mssql

ImpEx Database errormysql error: Invalid SQL: SHOW TABLES
mysql error: No database selected
mysql error number: 1046
Date: Thursday 12th of February 2009 05:53:50 PM
Database: animall_ALF
MySQL error: No database selected

[Steve Machol]

That means the source info in your ImpExConfig.php file is wrong. You need to use the correct info your your phpB3 database, and that db should be on the same server as vB.