Step 1 -- failed

[leadZERO]

When attempting to upgrade I get the following error:

<!--
Database error in vBulletin :
Invalid SQL: SELECT script, action, optionname FROM adminhelp
mysql error: Table 'vb114.adminhelp' doesn't exist
...

I have a feeling I know what lead up to this...

I was all ready to go to 3, I tried to run the script but didn't have ALTER privileges, so I set the privileges and tried again, more bad errors, so then I reverted to the old database

mysql --user=user --password=password vb114 < olddb.sql

and went back to the old files. Then I tried the upgrade again but still get the same error.

[Steve Machol]

Why is this in vB2 Installation then? Are you running an upgrade script and if so, which one?

[leadZERO]

lol because it's early and I haven't had enough coffee...

Should be in VB3 install.

[Steve Machol]

Moved to the correct forum.

[leadZERO]

I think I have this solved.

After much deliberation I realized that merely importing the backup didn't get rid of the new tables.

Dropping the db, recrateing and importing old data, then going again seems to have worked.

Also, with Step 1 ther eis a time when the browser is simply forwarded to upgrade1.php without any arguments. I think this was causing a little bit of a cache hit in IE causing me to not really be attempting it. When I switched to using Galeon through an Ssh/X11 tunnel I was able to proceed.