Upgrade large forum - upgrade script times out

[Martin64]

Was able to upgrade at last but had to edit upgrade_350b1.php and remove some of the steps, which then had to be done manually in phpmyadmin. The board appears to work fine now. Thanks for your attention....

[Martin64]

I'm currently upgrading from 3.0.7 to 3.5.0 beta 3 and it seems the upgrade has stopped while altering the attachments tables (which is over 2 GB). It did some alterations to this very table 3 times already...

[Martin64]

I'm also using Mozilla Firebird

[Martin64]

Just tell them to take a number and get in line. ...

[Martin64]

No they cannot. Please don't go shouting about security holes if you don't know how it's working, no offense meant, just advise.

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[Martin64]

It works now! I changed nothing but the storage type (from database to file system) and now it works. Perhaps the large amount of rows (about 10000) in the attachments table was the problem? Thanks for...

[Martin64]

Ah ok, thanks for the lecture.

And you're probably right about not waiting long enough, I guess I was a little impatient. Thanks again.

[Martin64]

I was trying to change the storage type for the attachments from database to file data system, but something went wrong. When I was at about attachmentid 9500, it just stopped with no error message. We...

[Martin64]

Yes. I have made changes to the following templates:

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FORUMHOME
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forumhome_forumbit_level2_nopost...

[Martin64]

I'm almost certain I posted this in vB3 troubleshooting and problems. Someone please move it there.

I just upgraded to Beta 4 and still have the same problem. Anyone?

[Martin64]

No problem, glad I could help.

[Martin64]

You have to manually add MIME types for the available attachment extensions you have. If you have other extensions, search google for MIME types and you should get a nice list.

To add...

[Martin64]

I upgraded our boards to vB3 yesterday, and everything went smooth and fairly quick considering the size of our boards (3-4 hours perhaps). There's just one issue I've discovered so far:

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[Martin64]

vBulletin France, keep the Hacks section of your board private until you have permission from each hack author. Whether you're an official vBulletin board or not does not matter, you must have permission...

[Martin64]

Saw this in a review for the 191T:

"As with its F.A. Porsche sibling, the 191T has dual video-in capability with an A/B switch; handy as it gives you the option of using either the...

[Martin64]

Ah yes, that's of course it. Mine has "Dual CPU" as well, so I have my monitor hooked up to both my workstation and server, and can switch between the two with a click on the monitor, very smart....

[Martin64]

Mine's 25 ms as well, and I'm surprised of how well it performs in games like Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and other FPS ones. I don't know what Dual CPU means, but it sounds impressive
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[Martin64]

I would suggest a 19" since it's a real money saver as you say yourself. I love Samsung monitors (I have the 171P myself) and if you're looking for a 19" monitor, seriously consider the 191T:...

[Martin64]

Oh, hehe, I didn't know that.

I still wish I had submitted for beta testing though

[Martin64]

Indeed it does. D'oh! I wish I have submitted my forums for beta testing.